Flat Fee Variable Descriptions. 2.5.5.2.1 Flat Fee ID (FFEEIDX) As noted earlier in Section 2.5.1.2 “Record Identifiers,” the variable FFEEIDX uniquely identifies all events that are part of the same flat fee group for a person. On any 2014 MEPS event file, every event that was a part of a specific flat fee group will have the same value for FFEEIDX. Note that prescribed medicine and home health events are never included in a flat fee group and FFEEIDX is not a variable on those event files.
Flat Fee Variable Descriptions. 2.6.4.2.1 Flat Fee ID (FFEEIDX)
Flat Fee Variable Descriptions. There are several variables on this file that describe a flat fee payment situation and the number of medical events that are part of a flat fee group. FFHHTYPX indicates whether the 1996 home health provider event is the “stem” or “leaf” of a flat fee group. A stem (records with FFHHTYPX = 1) is the initial medical service (event) which is followed by other medical events that are covered under the same flat fee payment. The leaf of the flat fee group (records with FFHHTYPX = 2) are those medical events that are tied back to the initial medical event (the stem) in the flat fee group.
Flat Fee Variable Descriptions. 2.5.3.2.1 Flat Fee ID (FFEEIDX) As noted earlier in Section 2.5.1.2 (Record Identifiers), for a person, the variable FFEEIDX can be used to identify all events that are part of the same flat fee group. It can identify such events from all MEPS 1998 event files (excluding the prescribed medicines file) because FFID11X is the same value on all MEPS event files (excluding the prescribed medicines file). For the hospital inpatient stays that are not part of a flat fee payment situation, the flat fee variables described below are all set to -1 INAPPLICABLE.
Flat Fee Variable Descriptions. There are several variables on this file that describe a flat fee payment situation and the number of medical events that are part of a flat fee group. As noted previously, for a person, the variable FFEEIDX can be used to identify all events, that are part of the same flat fee group. To identify such events, FFEEIDX should be used to link events from all 1997 MEPS event files (excluding prescribed medicines). For the office-based visits that are not part of a flat fee payment situation, the flat fee variables described below are all set to inapplicable (-1).
