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Member Ethnicity 1

Member’s primary ethnicity.

See Appendix I – Ethnicity.

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Required

This data element was originally optional and not well populated. Because the field was not previously required, submitters that did provide the data typically submitted the data without transformation to a standard.

Submitters are required to submit these data as of 6/30/2022. Many submitters do not have these data yet but will submit when available.

These data are to be submitted using the code set in the referenced appendix.

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