EL-1-038-45

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Measure Name	% of MSIS IDs with English as a primary language (PREFERRED-LANGUAGE-CODE = ENG)
File Type	ELG
Measure ID	EL-1-038-45
Measure Type	Non-Claims Percentage
Content area	ELG

Validation Type	Inferential

Measure Priority	High
Focus Area	N/A
Category	Beneficiary demographics

Claim Type	N/A
Adjustment Type	N/A
Crossover Type	N/A

Minimum	0
Maximum	0.99
TA Minimun	0
TA Maximum	0.99
Longitudinal Threshold	N/A
For TA (for including in compliance training)	TA- Inferential
For TA (Longitudinal)	No

DD Data Element	MSIS-IDENTIFICATION-NUM • PREFERRED-LANGUAGE-CODE
DD Data Element Number	ELG212 • ELG046

Annotation	N/A
Specification	N/A

Published Date	Data Guide Version	DQM	Action	Field	Before	After
11/20/2025	4.0.22	EL-1-038-45	UPDATE	Annotation	Calculate the percentage of eligibles with English as a primary language	N/A
11/20/2025	4.0.22	EL-1-038-45	UPDATE	Specification	STEP 1: Enrolled on the last day of DQ report monthDefine the eligible population from segment ENROLLMENT-TIME-SPAN-ELG00021 by keeping active records that satisfy the following criteria:1. ENROLLMENT-EFF-DATE <= last day of the DQ report month2. ENROLLMENT-END-DATE >= last day of the DQ report month OR missing3. MSIS-IDENTIFICATION-NUM is not missingSTEP 2: Variable demographics on the last day of DQ report monthUsing the MSIS IDs that meet the criteria from STEP 1, join to segment VARIABLE-DEMOGRAPHIC-ELG00003 by keeping records that satisfy the following criteria:1a. VARIABLE-DEMOGRAPHIC-ELEMENT-EFF-DATE <= last day of the DQ report month2a. VARIABLE-DEMOGRAPHIC-ELEMENT-END-DATE >= last day of the DQ report month OR missingOR1b. VARIABLE-DEMOGRAPHIC-ELEMENT-EFF-DATE is missing2b. VARIABLE-DEMOGRAPHIC-ELEMENT-END-DATE is missingSTEP 3: Preferred language code is not missingOf the MSIS IDs that meet the criteria from STEP 2, restrict to segments where:1. PREFERRED-LANGUAGE-CODE is not missingSTEP 4: Preferred language code is EnglishOf the MSIS IDs that meet the criteria from STEP 3, restrict to segments where:1. PREFERRED-LANGUAGE-CODE = "ENG"STEP 5: Calculate percentageDivide the count of unique MSIS IDs from STEP 4 by the count of unique MSIS IDs from STEP 3	N/A
10/07/2025	4.0.19	EL-1-038-45	UPDATE	Grace period expiration date	None	2024-03-11
04/24/2025	4.0.7	EL-1-038-45	ADD	N/A		Created

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