Data Releases

To increase the quality of our Care Coordination Innovations Project outcomes, HFS will be releasing data on Medicaid recipients, and providers. The purpose is to assist healthcare organizations in creating high-quality, accessible, and cost-effective healthcare programs for Medicaid recipients. Please use this page as the central resource for information on HFS data.

Please check here periodically for updates on all current and upcoming data releases.

• Update #1: March 20, 2012 (pdf)
• Update #2: March 22, 2012 (pdf)
• Update #3: May 1, 2012 (pdf)
• Update #4: May 1, 2012 (pdf)
• Update #5 Important Notice About Appropriate Data Use
• Update #6 May 15, 2012 (pdf)

In order to access data, our prospective partner organizations must complete a Data Use Agreement. For most care coordination data sets, a Letter of Intent for a specific Solicitation will also be required. Following this, HFS will help partners identify populations of interest, deliver data to our partners, and provide technical assistance in accessing and analyzing the data. For more information on the data request procedures for each data set, please review these PDFs.

• Data Request Procedure for Data Set I (pdf)
• Data Request Procedure for Data Set IIA: Drugs Claims Data (pdf)
• Data Request Procedures for the Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative (pdf)

Data Set I contains data on Medicaid recipients and providers. Its use is limited to organizations that have submitted Letters of Intent for the Solicitation for Care Coordination Entities and Managed Care Community Networks for Seniors and Adults with Disabilities. Please use these documents to understand more of the data’s contents, purpose, and limitations.

• Data Use Agreement for Data Set I (pdf)
• Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on Data Set I
• Information on Chronic Illness and Disability Payment System (CDPS) Introduction (pdf)
• CDPS Examples (xls)
• CDPS Spreadsheets (xls)  
• Data Dictionary – Data Set I (xls)

In order to increase the use value of Data Set I, HFS is releasing six additional data fields for use with Data Set I. We have provided these six columns of data (zipped) for the entire state of Illinois below. Additionally, an update and a brief data dictionary are posted here.

• Data Dictionary – Supplemental Fields for Data Set I (xls)
• Update #3 – May 1, 2012 (pdf)
• Supplemental Fields for Data Set I – Data Download (zip file)

In order to more thoroughly answer questions on specific types of healthcare services, we will be providing claims-level data on pharmacy, emergency, long-term care, and inpatient hospital care. These tables will be released in spring and summer 2012. Please check back regularly for updates.

This data is currently available to any data user that has received Data Set I. Please read the FAQ and dictionaries below.

• MRX Spreadsheet (xls)
• Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on Data Set IIA: Drug Claims (pdf)
• Data Dictionary: Data Set IIA: Drug Claims (xls)  

This data will soon be available. The eligibility criteria for data users will be posted here. Please read the FAQ and dictionaries below.

• Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on Data Set IIA: Hospital Claims (pdf)
• Data Dictionary: Data Set IIB: Hospital Claims (xls)  
• DRG Calculation Worksheet (xls)  

Data is available for partner organizations assessing network adequacy for the proposed Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative. This data describes providers providing services to Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible recipients residing in five distinct regions of the state, and is available to organizations who submit a request to HFS Care Coordination Innovations Project. Please see further information below.

• Required Data Use Agreement for Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative Data (pdf)
• Data Dictionary (Providers Only) (xls)
• Frequently Asked Questions on Current Provider-Level Data (pdf)
• Update #4: May 1, 2012 (pdf)

This glossary is intended to provide more details on the Care Coordination Innovations Project, CCIP data releases, Medicaid, and the current Solicitations.

• Glossary (pdf)