Variable: HMO_MO

HMO Coverage Count

Description

Months of Medicare Advantage (HMO) coverage.

Comment

This variable counts the number of months during the year that the beneficiary received their Part A and Part B benefits through a managed care plan (i.e., a Medicare Advantage [MA] plan) instead of the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) program. Any month where the HMO indicator variable (HMOINDXX) was anything other than a 0 (not a member of an HMO) or a 4 (FFS participant in a case or disease management demonstration project) is counted as a MA month.

Values

n/a

Other Info

Some additional information on this variable:

• Short Name: HMO_MO
• Long Name: BENE_HMO_CVRAGE_TOT_MONS
• Type: NUM
• Length: 3
• Source: CMS Enrollment Database (EDB)
• Value Format: 0-12