Technical Assistance to States for separate Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) Data
Guidance for Task IX of the Medicaid Analytic eXtract Production, Enhancement, and Data Quality (MAX-PDQ) contract. Guidance for the complete reporting of separate CHIP (S-CHIP) eligibility and claims data into the Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) by providing technical assistance (TA) to state Medicaid and S-CHIP agencies.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: January 01, 2020
Reports and Issue Briefs
- “CHIP Data in the Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS): Availability and Uses (PDF).” This issue brief discusses the increasing availability of Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) data in the Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) and potential uses for the data.
- “Best Practices for Linking Medicaid and Separate CHIP Eligibility Records (PDF).” This issue brief provides guidance to states that have distinct eligibility determination systems for Medicaid and separate CHIP on how to link enrollment records across systems and report a unique, permanent identifier to MSIS.
- “Reporting Person-Level Separate CHIP Data to MSIS: A Guide for States, Programmer's Supplement (PDF).” This report is a programmer’s guide that provides detailed technical guidance regarding how to map separate CHIP enrollment and claims data from source systems into the MSIS format.
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