NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
requestId

This field has been changed to optional to meet the HIPAA De-Identification requirements. The order the requests are received is the same as the order the responses come back. Unique request ID may be assigned by client for re-identification. Following the HIPAA Privacy Rule $164.514(c) re-identification implementation specification, (Derivation) The code or other means of record identification is not derived from or related to information about the individual and is not otherwise capable of being translated so as to identify the individual; and (Security) The covered entity does not use or disclose the code or other means of record identification for any other purpose, and does not disclose the mechanism for re-identification. Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) may be used as one-time re-identification request ID. You will see an error message if there are duplicate request IDs in the request.

string

None.

age

The age of patient at the payment date. (Age = Payment Date - Date of Birth). Date of birth (in 'yyyy-MM-dd' format) is no longer used for de-identification and age is used instead. Following the HIPAA Privacy Rule $164.514(b)(2), all elements of dates (except year) for dates directly related to an individual should be removed for de-identification.

integer

Required

Range: inclusive between 0 and 150

gender

Patient gender (either Male or Female)

Gender

Required

enrollee

Medicare enroll status (ContinuingEnrollee or NewEnrollee).

EnrolleeStatus

Required

model

Risk adjustment model to be used for HCC risk score calculation.

HCCRiskAdjustmentModel

Required

segment

Risk factor segment (Community or Institutional). Beneficiary lives in an institution (> 90 days) or a community.

RiskFactorSegment

Required

medicaid

Patient meidcaid benefit status (either Full, Partial, or None)

MedicaidBenefits

Required

eligibility

Current Medicare eligibility due to Aged, Disabled, ESRD, or DisabledESRD.

MedicareEligibility

Required

income

Income status ('LowIncome' or 'NonLowIncome') only for RxHCC (Part D) model. // The Part D model includes incremental factors for beneficiaries who are low-income subsidy (LIS) eligible or long term institutional (LTI).

IncomeStatus

Required

kidney

Current Kidney failure due to (Dialysis or Transplant) only for ESRD model. If the person is currently on Dialysis, or has a transplant (functioning graft)

KidneyFailure

Required

graft

Months since graft. Functioning Graft (Transplant) add-on factors only for ESRD Transplant model.

MonthsSinceGraft

Required

disabled

Boolean indicator whether originally became entitled to Medicare as disabled or not. Only for beneficiaries 65 years of age or older who were originally entitled to Medicare due to disability. Original Reason for Entitlement results in the inclusion of a factor in the risk score for beneficiaries 65 years of age or older who were originally entitled to Medicare due to disability; the factor differs by the age and sex of the beneficiary.

boolean

Required

codes

Collection of diagnosis codes used for Medicare claims/encounters

Collection of string

Required