Common use of Caveats of Flat Fee Clause in Contracts

Caveats of Flat Fee. Groups There are 30 emergency room visits 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 flat fee groups, the initial visit reported occurred in 2008, but the remaining visits that were part of this flat fee group occurred in 2009. In this case, the 2008 flat fee group represented on this file would consist of one event, the stem. The 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 2007 but subsequent visits occurred during 2008. In this case, the initial visit would not be represented on the file. This 2008 flat fee group would then only consist of one or more leaf records and no stem.

Caveats of Flat Fee. Groups There are 30 emergency room visits 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 20082009, but the remaining visits that were part of this flat fee group occurred in 20092010. In this case, the 2008 2009 flat fee group represented on this file would consist of one event, the stem. The 2009 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 2007 2008 but subsequent visits occurred during 20082009. In this case, the initial visit would not be represented on the file. This 2008 2009 flat fee group would then only consist of one or more leaf records and no stem.

Caveats of Flat Fee. Groups There are 30 emergency room visits that are 7 hospital inpatient stays/events 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 20082015, but the remaining visits that were part of this flat fee group occurred in 20092016. In this case, the 2008 2015 flat fee group represented on this file would consist of one event, the stem. The 2009 2016 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 2007 2014 but subsequent visits occurred during 20082015. In this case, the initial visit would not be represented on the file. This 2008 2015 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 30 emergency room visits 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 20082003, but the remaining visits that were part of this flat fee group occurred in 20092004. In this case, the 2008 2003 flat fee group represented on this file would consist of one event, the stem. The 2009 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 2007 2002 but subsequent visits occurred during 20082003. In this case, the initial visit would not be represented on the file. This 2008 2003 flat fee group would then only consist of one or more leaf records and no stem.

Caveats of Flat Fee. Groups There are 30 emergency room visits 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 2008, but the remaining visits that were part of this flat fee group occurred in 2009. In this case, the 2008 flat fee group represented on this file would consist of one event, the stem. The 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 2007 but subsequent visits occurred during 2008. In this case, the initial visit would not be represented on the file. This 2008 flat fee group would then only consist of one or more leaf records and no stem.

Caveats of Flat Fee. Groups There are 30 emergency room visits that are 8 hospital inpatient stay/events 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 20082011, but the remaining visits that were part of this flat fee group occurred in 20092012. In this case, the 2008 2011 flat fee group represented on this file would consist of one event, the stem. The 2009 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 2007 2010 but subsequent visits occurred during 20082011. In this case, the initial visit would not be represented on the file. This 2008 2011 flat fee group would then only consist of one or more leaf records and no stem.