Common use of Caveats of Flat Fee Clause in Contracts

Caveats of Flat Fee. Groups There are 3 hospital inpatient stays/events that are identified as being part of a flat fee payment group. In general, every flat fee group should have an initial visit (stem) and at least one subsequent visit (leaf). There are some situations where this is not true. For some of these flat fee groups, the initial visit reported occurred in 2009, but the remaining visits that were part of this flat fee group occurred in 2010. In this case, the 2009 flat fee group would consist of one event, the stem. The 2010 events that are part of this flat fee group are not represented on the file. Similarly, the household respondent may have reported a flat fee group where the initial visit began in 2008 but subsequent visits occurred during 2009. In this case, the initial visit would not be represented on the file. This 2009 flat fee group would then only consist of one or more leaf records and no stem.

Caveats of Flat Fee. Groups There are 3 6 hospital inpatient staysstay/events that are identified as being part of a flat fee payment group. In general, every flat fee group should have an initial visit (stem) and at least one subsequent visit (leaf). There are some situations where this is not true. For some of these flat fee groups, the initial visit reported occurred in 20092012, but the remaining visits that were part of this flat fee group occurred in 20102013. In this case, the 2009 2012 flat fee group would consist of one event, the stem. The 2010 2013 events that are part of this flat fee group are not represented on the file. Similarly, the household respondent may have reported a flat fee group where the initial visit began in 2008 2011 but subsequent visits occurred during 20092012. In this case, the initial visit would not be represented on the file. This 2009 2012 flat fee group would then only consist of one or more leaf records and no stem. Please note that the crosswalk in this document lists all possible flat fee variables.

Caveats of Flat Fee. Groups There are 3 6 hospital inpatient stays/events that are identified as being part of a flat fee payment group. In general, every flat fee group should have an initial visit (stem) and at least one subsequent visit (leaf). There are some situations where this is not true. For some of these flat fee groups, the initial visit reported occurred in 20092008, but the remaining visits that were part of this flat fee group occurred in 20102009. In this case, the 2009 2008 flat fee group would consist of one event, the stem. The 2010 2009 events that are part of this flat fee group are not represented on the file. Similarly, the household respondent may have reported a flat fee group where the initial visit began in 2008 2007 but subsequent visits occurred during 20092008. In this case, the initial visit would not be represented on the file. This 2009 2008 flat fee group would then only consist of one or more leaf records and no stem.

Caveats of Flat Fee. Groups There are 3 hospital inpatient stays/events that are identified as being part of a flat fee payment group. In general, every flat fee group should have an initial visit (stem) and at least one subsequent visit (leaf). There are some situations where this is not true. For some of these flat fee groups, the initial visit reported occurred in 20092003, but the remaining visits that were part of this flat fee group occurred in 20102004. In this case, the 2009 2003 flat fee group would consist of one event, the stem. The 2010 2004 events that are part of this flat fee group are not represented on the file. Similarly, the household respondent may have reported a flat fee group where the initial visit began in 2008 2002 but subsequent visits occurred during 20092003. In this case, the initial visit would not be represented on the file. This 2009 2003 flat fee group would then only consist of one or more leaf records and no stem.

Caveats of Flat Fee. Groups There are 3 8 hospital inpatient staysstay/events that are identified as being part of a flat fee payment group. In general, every flat fee group should have an initial visit (stem) and at least one subsequent visit (leaf). There are some situations where this is not true. For some of these flat fee groups, the initial visit reported occurred in 20092011, but the remaining visits that were part of this flat fee group occurred in 20102012. In this case, the 2009 2011 flat fee group would consist of one event, the stem. The 2010 2012 events that are part of this flat fee group are not represented on the file. Similarly, the household respondent may have reported a flat fee group where the initial visit began in 2008 2010 but subsequent visits occurred during 20092011. In this case, the initial visit would not be represented on the file. This 2009 2011 flat fee group would then only consist of one or more leaf records and no stem.