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Version 3.27.0

FFS-5-011-29

Data Quality Measure
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Key Information

Measure Name Average # of long-term care days, exclude 0
File Type CLT
Measure ID FFS-5-011-29
Measure Type Average
Content area FFS

Validation

Validation Type Longitudinal and Inferential

Measure Priority

Measure Priority Medium
Focus Area N/A
Category Utilization

Claim Information

Claim Type Medicaid,FFS
Adjustment Type Original
Crossover Type Non-Crossover

Thresholds

Minimum 7
Maximum 31
TA Minimun 5
TA Maximum 40
Longitudinal Threshold 0.15
For TA
(for including in compliance training)
TA- Inferential
For TA
(Longitudinal)
No

Data Elements

DD Data Element LEAVE-DAYS • NURSING-FACILITY-DAYS • ICF-IID-DAYS • MEDICAID-COV-INPATIENT-DAYS
DD Data Element Number CLT148CLT149CLT147CLT086

Annotation Average number of long-term care days (exclude 0) for Medicaid FFS: original, non-crossover, paid LT claims
Specification STEP 1: Active non-duplicate paid LT claims during report month

Define the LT claims universe at the header level that satisfy the following criteria:

1. Reporting Period from the filename = DQ report month

2. CLAIM-STATUS-CATEGORY is not equal to "F2" or is missing

3. CLAIM-DENIED-INDICATOR is not equal to "0" or is missing

4. TYPE-OF-CLAIM is not equal to "Z" or is missing

5. CLAIM-STATUS is not equal to ("26","026","87","087","542","585", "654") or is missing

6. No Header Duplicates: Duplicates are dropped at the header level, if the following four data elements are the same: ICN-ORIG, ICN-ADJ, ADJUDICATION-DATE, and ADJUSTMENT-IND.



STEP 2: Medicaid FFS: Original, Non-Crossover, Paid Claims

Of the claims that meet the criteria from STEP 1, further restrict them by the following criteria:

1. TYPE-OF-CLAIM = "1"

2. ADJUSTMENT-IND = "0"

3. CROSSOVER-INDICATOR = "0" or is missing



STEP 3: Total long-term care days is positive

Of the claims that meet the criteria from STEP 2:

1. Create Total_LTC_Days as the sum of LEAVE-DAYS, ICF-IID-DAYS, NURSING-FACILITY-DAYS and MEDICAID-COV-INPATIENT-DAYS

2. Keep claims with Total_LTC_Days > 0



STEP 4: Sum total LTC days

Sum Total_LTC_Days for all claims in STEP 3



STEP 5: Calculate the average for measure

Divide the sum from STEP 4 by the count of claims from STEP 3