Common use of Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX, FFEEIDX Clause in Contracts

Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX, FFEEIDX. EVNTIDX uniquely identifies each office-based medical provider visit event (i.e., each record on the office-based medical provider visits file) and is the variable required for linking office- based medical provider visit events to data files containing details on conditions and/or prescribed medicines (MEPS 2008 Medical Condition file and MEPS 2008 Prescribed Medicine file, respectively). For details on linking see Section 5.0 or the MEPS 2008 Appendix File, HC- 118I. FFEEIDX is a constructed variable that uniquely identifies a flat fee group, that is, all events that were part of a flat fee payment. For example, pregnancy is typically covered in a flat fee arrangement where the prenatal visits, the delivery, and the postpartum visits are all covered under one flat fee dollar amount. These events (the prenatal visit, the delivery, and the postpartum visits) would have the same value for FFEEIDX. FFEEIDX identifies a flat fee payment that was identified using information from the Household Component. A “mixed” flat fee group could contain both outpatient and office-based visits. Only outpatient and office-based events are allowed in a mixed bundle. Please note that FFEEIDX should be used to link up the outpatient and office-based events in order to determine the full set of events that are part of a flat fee group.

Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX, FFEEIDX. EVNTIDX uniquely identifies each office-based medical provider visit event (i.e., each record on the office-based medical provider visits file) and is the variable required for linking office- based medical provider visit events to data files containing details on conditions and/or prescribed medicines (MEPS 2008 2013 Medical Condition file and MEPS 2008 2013 Prescribed Medicine Medicines file, respectively). For details on linking see Section 5.0 or the MEPS 2008 2013 Appendix File, HC- 118I. 160I. FFEEIDX is a constructed variable that uniquely identifies a flat fee group, that is, all events that were part of a flat fee payment. For example, pregnancy is typically covered in a flat fee arrangement where the prenatal visits, the delivery, and the postpartum visits are all covered under one flat fee dollar amount. These events (the prenatal visit, the delivery, and the postpartum visits) would have the same value for FFEEIDX. FFEEIDX identifies a flat fee payment that was identified using information from the Household Component. A “mixed” flat fee group could contain both outpatient and office-based visits. Only outpatient and office-based events are allowed in a mixed bundle. Please note that FFEEIDX should be used to link up the outpatient and office-based events in order to determine the full set of events that are part of a flat fee group.

Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX, FFEEIDX. EVNTIDX uniquely identifies each office-based medical provider visit event (i.e., each record on the office-based medical provider visits file) and is the variable required for linking office- based medical provider visit events to data files containing details on conditions and/or prescribed medicines (MEPS 2008 2009 Medical Condition file and MEPS 2008 2009 Prescribed Medicine file, respectively). For details on linking see Section 5.0 or the MEPS 2008 2009 Appendix File, HC- 118I. 126I. FFEEIDX is a constructed variable that uniquely identifies a flat fee group, that is, all events that were part of a flat fee payment. For example, pregnancy is typically covered in a flat fee arrangement where the prenatal visits, the delivery, and the postpartum visits are all covered under one flat fee dollar amount. These events (the prenatal visit, the delivery, and the postpartum visits) would have the same value for FFEEIDX. FFEEIDX identifies a flat fee payment that was identified using information from the Household Component. A “mixed” flat fee group could contain both outpatient and office-based visits. Only outpatient and office-based events are allowed in a mixed bundle. Please note that FFEEIDX should be used to link up the outpatient and office-based events in order to determine the full set of events that are part of a flat fee group.

Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX, FFEEIDX. EVNTIDX uniquely identifies each office-based medical provider visit event (i.e., each record on the office-based medical provider visits file) and is the variable required for linking office- based medical provider visit events to data files containing details on conditions and/or prescribed medicines (MEPS 2008 2011 Medical Condition file and MEPS 2008 2011 Prescribed Medicine Medicines file, respectively). For details on linking see Section 5.0 or the MEPS 2008 2011 Appendix File, HC- 118I. 144I. FFEEIDX is a constructed variable that uniquely identifies a flat fee group, that is, all events that were part of a flat fee payment. For example, pregnancy is typically covered in a flat fee arrangement where the prenatal visits, the delivery, and the postpartum visits are all covered under one flat fee dollar amount. These events (the prenatal visit, the delivery, and the postpartum visits) would have the same value for FFEEIDX. FFEEIDX identifies a flat fee payment that was identified using information from the Household Component. A “mixed” flat fee group could contain both outpatient and office-based visits. Only outpatient and office-based events are allowed in a mixed bundle. Please note that FFEEIDX should be used to link up the outpatient and office-based events in order to determine the full set of events that are part of a flat fee group.

Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX, FFEEIDX. EVNTIDX uniquely identifies each office-based medical provider visit event (i.e., each record on the office-based medical provider visits file) and is the variable required for linking office- based medical provider visit events to data files containing details on conditions and/or prescribed medicines (MEPS 2008 2014 Medical Condition file and MEPS 2008 2014 Prescribed Medicine Medicines file, respectively). For details on linking see Section 5.0 or the MEPS 2008 2014 Appendix File, HC- 118I. 168I. FFEEIDX is a constructed variable that uniquely identifies a flat fee group, that is, all events that were part of a flat fee payment. For example, pregnancy is typically covered in a flat fee arrangement where the prenatal visits, the delivery, and the postpartum visits are all covered under one flat fee dollar amount. These events (the prenatal visit, the delivery, and the postpartum visits) would have the same value for FFEEIDX. FFEEIDX identifies a flat fee payment that was identified using information from the Household Component. A “mixed” flat fee group could contain both outpatient and office-based visits. Only outpatient and office-based events are allowed in a mixed bundle. Please note that FFEEIDX should be used to link up the outpatient and office-based events in order to determine the full set of events that are part of a flat fee group.