Healthcare Innovation November 8, 2019
Release of Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) called a milestone in transparency and accountability
As part of its long-term effort to make data more accessible to researchers and citizens, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its research-ready Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) data, a collection of Medicaid and CHIP data files.
Over the last five years, CMS and state governments have worked to improve the quality and integrity of the data states submitted to T-MSIS. The result is better beneficiary-level data on the Medicaid and CHIP program than has been available before. CMS is continuing to work with states to improve reporting to ensure that future data releases will be even...