When ME001_CAT = HCIP, the record represents a Medicaid health care independence program as part of the Arkansas Private Option, Arkansas Works, or, more recently, AR HOME. NOTE: These member/enrollment records are ALSO received from commercial entities. When a commercial entity (ME001 <> ‘99MCD1’) has the value 'MCD_QHP' in ME001_CAT, a duplicate enrollment record is in the Medicaid data (ME001 = '99MCD1' and ME001_CAT = ‘HCIP’). This member overlap can be found using Study_ID (ME998+ME013). No Medicaid claims exist for these members. It is recommended that the commercial entity enrollment records by used in analytic projects. The Arkansas Medicaid version of the enrollment record can be used for more focused enrollment analyses as Arkansas Medicaid carries more demographic information on its member records. See data tip: Tip: Identifying Members in Qualified Health Plans |