Technical Interface Guidelines


Health Plan Interface

Third Party Liability Daily Verified Data File Layout

FIELD NAME

TYPE

SIZE

REMARKS

HEADER RECORD

Header Info X 6 "TPLHDR"
Processing Date X 8 (ccyymmdd)
Filler X 396  

DETAIL RECORD

Sequence number

X

2

TPL sequence number
Sequentially assigned number
except for Medicare:
   50 = Medicare Part A
   51 = Medicare Part B

Processing date

X

6

YYMMDD

AHCCCS ID

X

9

Member's AHCCCS ID number

Last Name

X

20

Member's Last Name

First Name

X

10

Member's First Name

Gender

X

1

Member's gender

Date of Birth

X

8

Member's date of birth (ccyymmdd)

Policy ID

X

20

Policy ID number or Medicare Claim number

Insurance Type

X

1

Insurance Type
 M=Medical
 P=Pharmacy
 S=Medicare Supplemental  

Begin Date

X

8

Policy Begin Date (ccyymmdd)

End Date

X

8

Policy End Date (ccyymmdd)

Carrier Name

X

30

Carrier Name

Carrier Phone

X

10

Carrier Phone Number
(Not used for Medicare records)

Carrier Street Address 1

X

23

Carrier Address
(Not used for Medicare records)

Carrier Street Address 2

X

23

Carrier Address
(Not used for Medicare records)

Carrier City

X

18

Carrier Address City
(Not used for Medicare records)

Carrier State

X

2

Carrier Address State
(Not used for Medicare records)

Carrier Zip Code

X

9

Carrier Address Zip Code
(Not used for Medicare records)

Insured Name

X

31

Insured Name
(Not used for Medicare records)

Insured & Patient Relationship

X

1

Relationship to policy holder
(Not used for Medicare records)
     A-Absent Parent
     C-Child
     G-Guarantor
     L-Legal Guardian
     O-Other
     P-Parent
     S-Self

Insured Employer

X

30

Insured employer
(Not used for Medicare records)

Insured Group Number

X

20

Insured Group Number
(Not used for Medicare records)

Date Record Added

X

8

Date record was added
(Not used for Medicare records)

Date Last Modified

X

8

Date record was last changed
(Not used for Medicare records)

Date Verified

X

8

Date record was verified
(Not used for Medicare records)

HP ID

X

6

Health Plan ID number

Filler

X

5

(To be used for future expansion of the Master Carrier ID)

Master Carrier ID

X

5

Master Carrier ID number from the Master Carrier reference file
(Not used for Medicare records)

IRR

X

80

Invalid Record Reason message (for this file this field will most likely always be spaces)

TRAILER RECORD

Trailer Info X 6 "TPLFTR"
Processing Date X 8 (ccyymmdd)
Record Count X 6 Total Number of Records
Filler X 390  

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Third Party Invalid Daily Notification (NOT) File Layout

FIELD NAME

TYPE

SIZE

REMARKS

AHCCCS-ID

X

9

Member's AHCCCS ID number

Sequence number

U

2

TPL sequence number
  Sequentially assigned number

Policy ID

X

20

Policy ID number

Begin Date

X

8

Policy Begin Date (ccyymmdd)

End Date

X

8

Policy End Date (ccyymmdd)

Carrier Name

X

30

Carrier Name

Insured Name

X

31

Insured Name

Insured SSN

X

9

Insured SSN

Insured & Patient Relationship

X

1

Relationship to policy holder
     A-Absent Parent
     C-Child
     G-Guarantor
     L-Legal Guardian
     O-Other
     P-Parent
     S-Self

Insurance Type

X

1

Insurance Type 
    M=Medical
    P=Pharmacy
    S=Medicare Supplemental

Carrier Phone

X

10

Carrier Phone Number

Change Reason

X

2

Reason coverage ended

Master Carrier ID

X

5

Master Carrier ID number from the Master Carrier reference file

Insured Employer

X

30

Insured employer

Insured Group Number

X

20

Insured Group Number

Carrier Street Address 1

X

23

Carrier Address

Carrier Street Address 2

X

23

Carrier Address

Carrier City

X

18

Carrier Address City

Carrier State

X

2

Carrier Address State

Carrier Zip Code

X

9

Carrier Address Zip Code

Date Verified X 8  

Status

X

1

Status of TPL Referral
‘I' = Invalid

Source

X

2

TPL Source

HP-ID X 6 Health Plan ID number

IRR

X

80

Invalid Record Reason message

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Third Party Liability Monthly Verified Data File Layout

FIELD NAME

TYPE

SIZE

REMARKS

Sequence number

X

2

TPL sequence number
Medicare data not included

Processing date

X

6

YYMMDD

AHCCCS ID

X

9

Member's AHCCCS ID number

Last Name

X

20

Member's Last Name

First Name

X

10

Member's First Name

Gender

X

1

Member's gender

Date of Birth

X

8

Member's date of birth (ccyymmdd)

Policy ID

X

20

Policy ID number

Insurance Type

X

1

Insurance Type
M=Medical
P=Pharmacy
S=Medicare Supplemental

Begin Date

X

8

Policy Begin Date (ccyymmdd)

End Date

X

8

Policy End Date (ccyymmdd)

Carrier Name

X

30

Carrier Name

Carrier Phone

X

10

Carrier Phone Number

Carrier Street Address 1

X

23

Carrier Address

Carrier Street Address 2

X

23

Carrier Address

Carrier City

X

18

Carrier Address City

Carrier State

X

2

Carrier Address State

Carrier Zip Code

X

9

Carrier Address Zip Code

Insured Name

X

31

Insured Name

Insured & Patient Relationship

X

1

Relationship to policy holder
     A-Absent Parent
     C-Child
     G-Guarantor
     L-Legal Guardian
     O-Other
     P-Parent
     S-Self

Insured Employer

X

30

Insured employer

Insured Group Number

X

20

Insured Group Number

Date Record Added

X

8

Date record was added (ccyymmdd)

Date Last Modified

X

8

Date record was last changed (ccyymmdd)

Date Verified

X

8

Date record was verified (ccyymmdd)

Health Plan ID

X

6

HP ID number

Filler

X

5

(To be used for future expansion of the Master Carrier ID)

Master Carrier ID

X

5

Master Carrier ID number from the Master Carrier reference file

IRR

X

80

Field not used

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Master Carrier ID File Layout

FIELD NAME

TYPE

SIZE

REMARKS

Status X 1 Record Status
  A-Active
  I-Inactive
  H-Historical
Carrier ID X 10 Master Carrier ID
  Only the last five bytes are used
Filler X 5 Filler
Carrier Name X 25 Name of TPL Carrier
Address-Street 1 X 25 Line 1 Carrier's Mailing Address
Address-Street 2 X 25 Line 2 Carrier's Mailing Address
Address-City X 25 City Carrier's Mailing Address
Address-State X 2 State Carrier's Mailing Address
Address-Zip Code X 9 Zip Code Carrier's Mailing Address
Filler X 2  
Business Phone X 10 Carrier's Business Phone Number
Filler X 1 Filler (ignore any data in this field)
Tribal Indicator X 1 Tribal Insurance Indicator (Y/N)
Begin Date X 8 Begin Date of record (ccyymmdd)
End Date X 8 End Date of record (ccyymmdd)
Rec Added Date X 8 Date record originally added (ccyymmdd)
Rec Added Time X 8 Time record originally added (hhmmssss)
Rec Added User X 3 User ID for record originally added
Last Mod Date X 8 Date record last modified (ccyymmdd)
Last Mod Time X 8 Time record last modified (hhmmssss)
Last Mod User X 3 User ID for record last modified

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