Entity Insurance Plan

DescriptionA basic set of information about the patient's health insurance as known to the healthcare provider. This information is used by a provider to file a claim on behalf of the patient and is also used by the receiving health insurance payer to identify the health plan product to which the patient is a member.

Attributes
NHPI NumNHPI Num
Plan CodePlan Code
Plan Code QualifierPlan Code Qualifier
Plan DescrPlan Descr
Plan External ReferencePlan External Reference
Plan NamePlan Name
Plan TypePlan Type

Dependencies
 NONE

Reverse Dependencies
 

Attribute Details

 NHPI Num
DescriptionNational Health Plan Identifier
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Alphanumeric [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Plan Code
DescriptionAn alphanumeric code assigned to the plan.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Common Code [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Plan Code Qualifier
DescriptionIndicates the format of the plan code.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Enumeration [VARCHAR(20)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Plan Descr
DescriptionA free-text statement used to explain the meaning of the plan.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description [VARCHAR(250)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Plan External Reference
DescriptionThe number or code allocated to a plan for identification and communication purposes.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/String [VARCHAR(255)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Plan Name
DescriptionThe label by which the plan is commonly known.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Name [VARCHAR(30)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Plan Type
DescriptionIndicates the type of health plan.

For example:
Medicare
Medicaid
Blue Cross
HMO
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Enumeration [VARCHAR(20)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse