This report for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services describes the design and implementation of a uniform data set of provider characteristics, the Medicaid Analytic eXtract Provider Characteristics (MAXPC) file. Using the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System as its source,...

This report describes the motivation for creating the MAXPC file and its design and content. It also examines the quality and completeness of each of the six types of provider IDs (inpatient billing provider, long-term care billing provider, other services billing and servicing provider, and...

This report describes the motivation for creating the MAXPC file and its design and content. It also examines the quality and completeness of each of the six types of provider IDs (inpatient billing provider, long-term care billing provider, other services billing and servicing provider, and...

The Food Stamp Program provides assistance to millions of families each month. This report examines how long families tend to receive food stamps, and what circumstances lead them to enter and exit the program. About half the families that begin receiving benefits participate for eight months or...