Tip: Identifying Members in Qualified Health Plans and Arkansas Marketplace Exchange Plans

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Feb 7, 2020

Dec 30, 2021 Aug 10, 2023

A new field is available after March 2023 on Member/Enrollment records for qualified health plan identification. When ME001_CAT = QHP, the record represents a qualified health plan. The original process still works but this label should make the selection easier for the data users. Included in the August 2023 Data Tips email. Updated for the December Data Tips email.

How to identify members enrolled in qualified health plans (QHP) and differentiate the Arkansas Marketplace Exchange plans subset

Use the field,ME001_CAT, to identify members enrolled in qualified health plans. When ME001_CAT = QHP, the record represents a qualified health plan which includes qualified health plans and Arkansas Marketplace exchange plans.

An alternative process:

Use the HIOS ID (ME992).  A valid HIOS ID is 16 characters (some submitting entities place values in this field that are not 16 characters wide).   

The presence of a 16 character wide HIOS ID indicates that the member is enrolled in a QHP, Arkansas Private Option, or Arkansas Works plan.   NOTE:  The HIOS ID is not included in a standard data pull.  It is available for an additional fee.

To understand the components of a HIOS ID, see below. 

HIOS ID value component definitions:

• A 16-digit field that serves as a unique plan identifier for a plan and a given variant

• Structured as follows: [HIOS ID][State][Product Iteration][Plan Iteration][Variant]

  • [HIOS ID] = 5-digit HIOS ID

  • [STATE] = 2-digit state code, such as CA, TX, AL, etc. (does include District of Columbia as DC)

  • [Product Iteration] = 3-digit number to indicate a unique product designation

  • [Plan Iteration] = 4-digit number to indicate a unique plan designation

  • [Variant] = 2-digit number to indicate cost-sharing variant and on/off Exchange

    • 00 = Plan sold off the Exchange [Maximum Out of Pocket (MOOP) values not required for these plans] <==================== If the last two characters in ME992 = ‘00’, the plan is QHP only.

    • 01-06 = Plan sold on the Exchange in a given CSR variant <==================== if the last two characters in ME992 = ‘01’,'02','03','04','05','06', the plan is a QHP plan in the Arkansas Marketplace Exchange.

    • 31-36 = On-Exchange Medicaid expansion plans (Arkansas and Iowa only)

  • The 14-digit version of this ID is often referred to as the “Standard Component ID” or SCID

  • HOIS IDs ending in ‘32’ or ‘36’ represent Arkansas Private Option, Arkansas Works or ARHOME populations, NOT QHP plans. <==================== If the last two characters in ME992 = ‘32’, ‘36’, the plan for Arkansas Private Option, Arkansas Works or ARHOME

To find claims for members enrolled in these plans:

1. Select all members with a HIOS ID (ME992) that meets study criteria.

2. Segment the resulting set using enrollment dates (ME162A and ME163A) to get the correct enrollment period. 

3. Then, join the subset of member data to the medical, pharmacy, or dental claims data using entity ID and member ID:

• ME001 (member/enrollment record entity ID) = MC001 (medical claim entity ID) + ME107 (member/enrollment data Member ID) = MC137 (medical claim member ID)

• ME001 (member/enrollment record entity ID) = PC001 (pharmacy claim entity ID) + ME107 (member/enrollment data Member ID) = PC107 (pharmacy claim member ID)

• ME001 (member/enrollment record entity ID) = DC001 (dental claim entity ID) + ME107 (member/enrollment data Member ID) = DC056 (dental claim member ID)

Members who fall into this group are the Arkansas Medicaid Expansion members. 

There is no member ID or key to link the records across submitting entities. If members must be linked across submitting entities, it is recommended that the Study_ID (ME998+ME013) be used. 

Arkansas Medicaid member record overlap:

Records for members enrolled in these plans will be present in both the commercial entity member data and the Arkansas Medicaid member data. 

Arkansas Medicaid member records associated with these commercial entity members are identified as:  Submitting Entity ID (ME001) = 99MCD1 and Product ID (ME040) = 06.

It is recommended that the commercial entity enrollment records by used in analytic projects. The Arkansas Medicaid records have duplicative information.

See also: Tip: Identifying Arkansas Medicaid Members in Health Care Independence Programs (HCIP)

Arkansas Works/QHP

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