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Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) Roundup, January 2025

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*Welcome to the MCBS Roundup for January 2025!*

The MCBS Roundup is a bi-monthly digest of recent product announcements from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS).

*Women’s Health Data Book and an accompanying PUF*

December 20, 2024: CMS released its first-ever MCBS 2022 Women’s Health Data Book and Executive Summary [ https://www.cms.gov/data-research/research/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey/data-briefs-tutorials/mcbs-2022-womens-health-data-book-and-executive-summary ] on the experiences of women in the Medicare program and an accompanying public use file [ https://www.cms.gov/data-research/research/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey/data-tables/2022-socio-demographic-and-health-characteristics-medicare-beneficiaries-sex-puf ]. This data book reports the percentages of Medicare beneficiaries living in the community – broken out by sex – who report certain physical and mental conditions, living conditions, and conditions that impact access to care and health outcomes (e.g., affordability, transportation) using data from 2022.

*Prevalence of Long COVID among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries between Fall 2022 and Summer 2023 Data Brief*

December 4, 2024: CMS released a Data Brief [ https://www.cms.gov/data-research/research/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey/data-briefs-tutorials/prevalence-long-covid-among-community-dwelling-medicare-beneficiaries-between-fall-2022-and-summer ] on Prevalence of Long COVID among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries between Fall 2022 and Summer 2023. This brief examines characteristics of beneficiaries who were most likely to have Long COVID from fall 2022 to summer 2023.

*Public Use Files:*


* 2023 Socio-demographic and Health Characteristics of Medicare Beneficiaries Early Release PUF [ https://www.cms.gov/data-research/research/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey/data-tables/2023-socio-demographic-and-health-characteristics-medicare-beneficiaries-early-release-puf ]
* 2023 Medicare Beneficiaries’ Knowledge of Their Right to File a Complaint or an Appeal Early Release PUF [ https://www.cms.gov/data-research/research/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey/data-tables/2023-medicare-beneficiaries-knowledge-their-right-file-complaint-or-appeal-early-release-puf ]
* 2022 Socio-demographic and Health Characteristics of Medicare Beneficiaries by Dual Eligibility Status PUF [ https://www.cms.gov/data-research/research/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey/data-tables/2022-socio-demographic-and-health-characteristics-medicare-beneficiaries-dual-eligibility-status-puf ]
* 2022 Diabetes Prevalence and Self-management Among Medicare Beneficiaries PUF [ https://www.cms.gov/data-research/research/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey/data-tables/2022-diabetes-prevalence-and-self-management-among-medicare-beneficiaries-puf ]

*Infographics:*


* 2023 Internet Access and Use Among Dually Eligible Beneficiaries Infographic [ https://www.cms.gov/data-research/research/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey/data-briefs-tutorials/2023-internet-access-and-use-among-dually-eligible-beneficiaries-infographic ]
* 2023 MCBS Limited English Proficiency Among Medicare Beneficiaries Infographic [ https://www.cms.gov/data-research/research/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey/data-briefs-tutorials/2023-limited-english-proficiency-among-medicare-beneficiaries-infographic ]
* 2023 Religious Preference Among Medicare Beneficiaries Infographic [ https://www.cms.gov/data-research/research/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey/data-briefs-tutorials/2023-religious-preference-among-medicare-beneficiaries-infographic ]
* 2023 Perceived Discrimination by Healthcare Provider Infographic [ https://www.cms.gov/data-research/research/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey/data-briefs-tutorials/2023-perceived-discrimination-healthcare-provider-infographic ]

*2023 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) Survey File – Early Release LDS – Now Available*

The MCBS Survey File – Early Release [ https://www.cms.gov/data-research/research/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey/data-documentation-codebooks/2023-mcbs-survey-file-early-release ] includes select microdata from the 2023 MCBS Survey File LDS and is available to researchers on an expedited schedule. To request access to the LDS, researchers must agree to certain data privacy/security requirements and data use policies by signing a Data Use Agreement with CMS.

*MCBS Microdata PUFs have moved to a new platform, data.CMS.gov [ https://data.cms.gov/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey-mcbs ]*

CMS moved all MCBS Microdata PUFs to a new platform, data.CMS.gov [ https://data.cms.gov/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey-mcbs ]. Users can download Survey File [ https://data.cms.gov/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey-mcbs/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey-survey-file ] (2013, 2015-2022), Cost Supplement [ https://data.cms.gov/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey-mcbs/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey-cost-supplement ] (2018-2021), and COVID-19 Supplement [ https://data.cms.gov/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey-mcbs/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey-covid-19-supplement ] (2020-2021) Microdata PUFs from this platform.

*Want to learn more about the MCBS?*

Please visit the following page for more information: Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) [ https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-and-systems/files-for-order/limiteddatasets/mcbs ].  MCBS Limited Data Sets (LDS) are available to researchers with a data use agreement (DUA). Requests for the MCBS LDS files must be made through the CMS DUA tracking system known as the Enterprise Privacy Policy Engine (EPPE). Information on ordering MCBS files from CMS, including instructions for accessing and using EPPE to make a request, can be obtained through the CMS LDS website: Limited Data Set (LDS) [ https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Files-for-Order/Data-Disclosures-Data-Agreements/DUA_-_NewLDS ]. MCBS Public Use Files (PUFs) are available to the public as free downloads and can be found through the CMS PUF website: data.CMS.gov [ https://data.cms.gov/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey-mcbs ].

 

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