2019 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) LDS Research Files are Now Available

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2019 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) LDS Research Files are Now Available

CMS is pleased to announce the availability of the 2019 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) LDS research files.  Documentation related to the 2019 MCBS Survey File is also now available and can be found on the MCBS website, located here: 2019 MCBS Survey File Documentation.   New to the MCBS for 2019 is a series of questions related to Medicare beneficiaries’ experience with COVID-19 collected in the Summer and Fall of 2020. 

Requests for the 2019 MCBS LDS files must be made through the CMS DUA tracking system (EPPE).  EPPE can be used to initiate a new LDS DUA request or to amend/update an existing LDS DUA.  Requests for the 2019 MCBS should include the “2019 MCBS Survey File Only” or the “2019 MCBS Survey File Plus Cost Supplement” depending on which product you need (a follow-up notification will be sent later in the year when the 2019 MCBS Cost Supplement becomes available).  Instructions for accessing and using EPPE to make a request can be found here: https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Files-for-Order/Data-Disclosures-Data-Agreements/DUA_-_NewLDS.

All shipments of MCBS data will be sent from CMS’s data fulfillment contractor, Health APT.  Those who have already updated their DUA to include the 2019 MCBS data will have their data automatically shipped and should be on the lookout for a package from Health APT.