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Payer Initiated Eligibility/Benefit (PIE) Transaction
(A Non-HIPAA Transaction)
DRA Companion Guide
to the
HIPAA ASC X12N Version 004010X092/A1 Implementation Guide
and
ASC X12 Version 005010X279 Technical Report Type 3
DRA Companion Guide Version 1.0

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Preface
This Companion Guide represents an electronic transaction that can be used by health
plans to transmit eligibility and benefit information to State Medicaid programs.
[This Medicaid DRA Companion Guide is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services, to assist State Medicaid agencies
and payers in implementing the Payer Initiated Eligibility/Benefit (PIE) Transaction. Since the
goal of this transaction is to simplify implementation for payers who must submit transactions to
multiple Medicaid agencies, Medicaid agencies should expect to receive this transaction as
described in this Guide, and may disregard any content that is not needed.
This DRA Companion Guide is written to support both American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12N 004010X092/A1 and ASC X12
005010X279 Implementation Guides. In Section 9, Transaction Specific Information, there is an
area for the Medicaid agency to discuss its current status or plans to support these two
standards. As an alternative, the agency may remove the references to the unsupported standard
throughout the DRA Companion Guide.
Within this Guide are headers and blocks of standard language that should be used as-is by
Medicaid agencies. There are other items of text that may have to be adapted by individual
agencies; and fields that will be tagged as input items. CMS has adopted different fonts for each
of these types of text as follows:
Boilerplate text appears in black Arial font.
 indicates a field that is tagged as an input item and should be replaced with information
specific to the particular Medicaid agency.
Instructions to the author appear as blue italicized text enclosed in square brackets (i.e., [text]),
and should be deleted from the final document that goes to the payers.]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1

INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................... 1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4

2

SCOPE ............................................................................................................... 1
OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 2
REFERENCES ...................................................................................................... 3
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.................................................................................... 3

GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................... 3
2.1

WORKING WITH  ................................................................... 3

2.2

TRADING PARTNER REGISTRATION ....................................................................... 4

3

TESTING WITH THE PAYER .................................................................................. 4

4

CONNECTIVITY WITH THE PAYER / COMMUNICATIONS .................................. 4

5

CONTACT INFORMATION ..................................................................................... 4
5.1
5.2
5.3

EDI CUSTOMER SERVICE ..................................................................................... 4
EDI TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ............................................................................... 5
APPLICABLE WEBSITES / EMAIL.............................................................................. 5

6

CONTROL SEGMENTS / ENVELOPES ................................................................. 5

7

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND/OR REPORTS ...................................................... 5

8

TRADING PARTNER AGREEMENTS .................................................................... 6

9

TRANSACTION SPECIFIC INFORMATION ........................................................... 6

Index of Tables
Table 1 – PIE Transaction Specific Information .............................................................. 7
Table 2 – Change Summary ......................................................................................... 15
Table 3 – Glossary ........................................................................................................ 16
Table 4 – Acronyms ...................................................................................................... 16

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1

INTRODUCTION

Federal law requires States to identify and obtain payment from third party entities that
are legally responsible to pay claims primary to Medicaid. To enhance States‘ ability to
identify legally liable third parties, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) required
States to pass laws imposing requirements on health plans, as a condition of doing
business in the State, to provide plan eligibility information to the State.
The purpose of this Companion Guide is to assist payers in providing health plan
eligibility and coverage information to State Medicaid programs. The Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services developed the Payer Initiated Eligibility/Benefit (PIE)
Transaction described in this Guide which can be used to meet the DRA requirements.
The official version of the DRA Companion Guide can be found at:
www.cms.hhs.gov/ThirdPartyLiability/DRA/CompanionGuide.
The language in the
official Guide must not be altered, except to include State-specific information.
The DRA also clarified the definition of health insurer to include self-insured plans,
managed care organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other parties that are, by
statute, contract, or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health
care item or service. Other parties include such entities as third party administrators,
fiscal intermediaries, and managed care contractors, who administer benefits on behalf
of the risk-bearing sponsor (e.g., an employer with a self-insured health plan). Health
insurers will be referred to as ‗payers‘ throughout this document.
1.1

SCOPE

This DRA Companion Guide is issued by  to assist payers in
providing the type of information that is needed to comply with the DRA. The
Guide focuses on the exchange of data from payers to Medicaid agencies.
Agreement regarding geographic areas to be covered by the transaction and the
schedule and frequency of transaction delivery should be addressed in the
trading partner agreement.

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1.2

OVERVIEW

The Secretary adopted the following transmission formats that was developed by
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Accredited Standards Committee
(ASC) for conducting eligibility and benefit information transactions between the
Medicaid agency, or its agent, and other payers:
ASC X12N 270/271 Health Care Eligibility/Benefit Inquiry and Response
Implementation Guide Version 004010X092/A1 (hereafter referred to as
Version 4010)
ASC X12 270/271 Health Care Eligibility/Benefit Inquiry and Response
Technical Report Type 3 Version 005010X279 (hereafter referred to as
Version 5010)
The Payer Initiated Eligibility/Benefit (PIE) Transaction will be used to provide
Medicaid agencies with a listing that identifies plan members‘ eligibility for health
coverage and their associated benefits. The PIE Transaction was developed to
deliver membership and benefit information in one single, unsolicited transaction.
The PIE Transaction uses the same identifiers as the ASC X12 271 response
transaction and therefore mirrors the format of the 271 transaction. The purpose
of this DRA Companion Guide is to provide a standardized format for the PIE
Transaction information. The information supplied on the PIE Transaction is to be
as comprehensive as possible, with beginning and end dates and including other
coverage, if available. The provided information will be used to match to the
Medicaid databases. For this purpose, a required key data element is the Social
Security Number. If the Social Security Number is not available, other key
identifiers may be used.
The DRA strengthens States‘ ability to obtain payments from health insurers by
requiring States to have laws in effect that require health insurers to make
payment as long as the claim is submitted by the Medicaid agency within 3 years
from the date on which the item or service was furnished. For this reason,
 may require 3 years worth of data.
The identifiers provided by the payers on the PIE Transaction are also used to
construct HIPAA-standard eligibility inquiries as well as claims. The specific use
of these identifiers is described in Section 9 Transaction Specific Information.
The PIE Transaction DRA Companion Guide represents, in part, the guidelines
developed by the Secretary for use by Medicaid agencies and payers. These

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guidelines will provide Medicaid agencies with the information needed to bill the
appropriate payers.
1.3

REFERENCES
Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 Section 6035
CMS Guidance on the DRA, Section 6035
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/smdl/downloads/SMD121506.pdf
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/smdl/downloads/SMD121506QandA.pdf
http://www.cms.gov/smdl/downloads/SMD10011.pdf
45 CFR Parts 160, 162, and 164 Health Insurance Reform: Security
Standards; Final Rule dated February 20, 2003
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SecurityStandard/Downloads/securityfinalrule.pdf
ASC X12N 270/271 Health Care Eligibility/Benefit Inquiry and Response
Implementation Guide Version 004010X092/A1 (Version 4010)
ASC X12 270/271 Health Care Eligibility/Benefit Inquiry and Response
Technical Report Type 3 Version 005010X279 (Version 5010)

1.4

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

[The Medicaid agency may add any additional information that is unique to their
environment here. If no additional information is required this section can be removed.]

2

GETTING STARTED
2.1

WORKING WITH 

Please use the following contact information to coordinate the process of
establishing a working relationship with :
[Provide the full contact information for the project manager in charge of implementing
solutions to comply with the DRA. Include name, address, title, phone number, email
address, and fax number.]

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2.2

TRADING PARTNER REGISTRATION

Please use the following contact information to coordinate all trading partner
registration and trading partner agreements for :
[Provide the full contact information for the individual in your organization who is
empowered to sign trading partner agreements. Medicaid agency may wish to attach
their trading partner agreement.]

3

TESTING WITH THE PAYER

 will supply payers with testing details such as access to submit
test transactions, procedures for confirming successful transmission and processing,
and procedures for submitting production transactions. Please use the following contact
information to coordinate testing with :
[Provide the full contact information for the project manager or system developer/tester in
charge of testing with payers.]

4

CONNECTIVITY WITH THE PAYER / COMMUNICATIONS

Payers should contact the individuals identified in Section 2 Getting Started to
determine the appropriate process flows, transmission and re-transmission procedures,
communications protocol and security specifications. All transmission must be secure
in accordance with 45 CFR Parts 160, 162, and 164 Health Insurance Reform: Security
Standards; Final Rule dated February 20, 2003, which can be accessed via the
following: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SecurityStandard/Downloads/securityfinalrule.pdf.

5

CONTACT INFORMATION

Once trading partner agreements have been completed, access has been granted, and
production transmissions have begun, the following contact information should be used
for issues that arise.
5.1

EDI CUSTOMER SERVICE

[Provide contact information for the help desk support for payers regarding questions
about structure of the transmission.]

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5.2

EDI TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

[Provide contact information for the technical support for payers regarding questions
about the connectivity and security of transmissions.]
5.3

APPLICABLE WEBSITES / EMAIL

[Provide URL and email contact information for any other information that may be
helpful to payers —e.g., on-line registration, current contact information.]

6

CONTROL SEGMENTS / ENVELOPES

The PIE Transaction conforms to ASC X12 Control Segments / Envelopes (ISA-IEA,
GS-GE, and ST-SE) for Version 4010 and Version 5010. Since files will be transmitted
infrequently, files sizes will be large and will contain more than the usual number of
records. The preferred file size and number of records will be identified in the trading
partner agreement and may change depending on the communications protocol.
Qualifiers to be used in the Sender Interchange ID Qualifier (ISA05) and Receiver
Interchange ID Qualifier (ISA07) and identifiers to be used in Interchange Sender ID
(ISA06) and Interchange Receiver ID (ISA08) will be specified in the trading partner
agreement.

7

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND/OR REPORTS

A single positive ASC X12 acknowledgement will be sent indicating that the
transmission was received. For Version 4010, a functional acknowledgement (997) will
be sent; for Version 5010, an implementation acknowledgement (999) will be sent.
Negative acknowledgements will not be sent. If a positive acknowledgement is not
received, resend the file once only. If a positive acknowledgement is still not received,
contact the  EDI Customer Service. Acknowledgements for
individual subscriber records within the PIE Transaction will not be sent.  will not reply indicating which subscribers matched the 
database.

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8

TRADING PARTNER AGREEMENTS

The sharing of information received from the payers is limited to use by the  and its vendors under contract with the Medicaid agency for purposes of data
matching and coordination of benefits. The information in Section 2.2 Trading Partner
Registration will be used to coordinate trading partner agreements.

9

TRANSACTION SPECIFIC INFORMATION

 requires a Subscriber Date or Dependent Date (DTP segment) in
the Subscriber Name loop (2100C) and Dependent Name loop (2100D) to identify the
range of dates covered by the eligibility information search.  will
use these elements to determine whether the PIE Transaction is a full replacement or
an incremental update to previous PIE Transactions.
 requires that all Eligibility or Benefit Information (EB segments)
that are appropriate to the plan be included in the Subscriber Eligibility or Benefit
Information loop (2110C); likewise the Dependent Eligibility or Benefit Information loop
(2110D) is used to provide dependent related information. Payers should provide
qualifiers that are appropriate to their coverage including, but not limited to, Eligibility
Benefit Information (EB01) and Service Type Code (EB03). To allow payers to specify
coverage, specific EB segment data elements are not supported in this DRA
Companion Guide.  requires a Subscriber Eligibility/Benefit date
and Dependent Eligibility/Benefit Date (DTP segment) in the Subscriber Eligibility or
Benefit Information loop (2110C) and Dependent Eligibility or Benefit Information loop
(2110D) to specify actual start and end dates of coverage by subscriber or dependent.
Qualifiers and dates sent in the PIE Transaction will be used by  to
determine whether it is appropriate to submit a claim and may be used on 270s in the
270/271 Eligibility Transaction exchange.
In the table below  identifies various data components (i.e. loops,
segments, elements or qualifiers) as ―Required when available.‖ These components
may be needed for subsequent EDI transactions. There are two primary ways a
component may be used for subsequent EDI transactions:
1. The payer requires the component in order to correctly process eligibility inquiries
(270s) or claims (837s).

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2.  requires the component in order to support matching to the
 database, thus ensuring that allocations of payment
responsibility and subsequent claims submissions are appropriate.
When values appear in the Codes column, these values are the only values allowed. If
no values are specified for a coded element, all valid codes appearing in the 270/271
Implementation Guide are allowed.
[Here the Medicaid Agency should describe the status of their implementation of Version 4010
vs. Version 5010 unless all references to the unsupported standard have been removed.
Examples of implementation status text are:
This guidance is designed to accommodate both Version 4010 and Version 5010 standards. At
this time  supports Version 4010 only. Support for Version 5010 is
scheduled to begin in Month, Year.
At this time  supports both Version 4010 and 5010. Support for Version
4010 is scheduled to be discontinued Month, Year.
At this time  supports Version 5010 only. ]
Table 1 represents the specific information to be included in a PIE Transaction. All
specifications must be adhered to unless both  and the payer
mutually agree to any adjustments.
TABLE 1 – PIE TRANSACTION SPECIFIC INFORMATION
Page
#
4010

Page
#
5010

193

249

2100C

NM1

Subscriber Name

194

250

2100C

NM103

Subscriber Last
Name

1/35

Required

194

250

2100C

NM104

Subscriber First
Name

1/25

Required

194

250

2100C

NM105

Subscriber Middle
Name or Initial

1/25

Required when
available.

195

251

2100C

NM108

Identification Code
Qualifier

1/2

Required

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Loop
ID

Reference

Name

Codes

Length

Notes/Comments

Required

MI

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Page
#
4010

Page
#
5010

Loop
ID

Reference

Name

195

251

2100C

NM109

Identification Code

196

253

2100C

REF

Subscriber
Additional
Identification

197

254

2100C

REF01

Reference
Identification
Qualifier
Social Security
Number

198

256

2100C

REF02

Codes

Length

2/80

Notes/Comments

Required. Send
Member Identification
Number or unique
identifier required by the
payer on claims
submissions.
Required. Send a REF
segment for each
identifier available to
optimize matching to the
Medicaid agency
database. The first
occurrence of the REF
additional information
must be ―SY‖ Social
Security Number as
defined below.

2/3

SY

Required. Send the
―SY‖ Social Security
Number in the first REF
segment.

Subscriber
Supplemental
Identifier

1/30

Social Security
Number

10

Required. Send the
Social Security Number
in the first REF segment.
If the Social Security
Number is not available,
send ―999999999‖.

200

257

2100C

N3

Subscriber Address

200

257

2100C

N301

Subscriber Address
Line

1/55

Required when
available.

200

258

2100C

N302

Subscriber Address
Line

1/55

Required when the
second address line
exists.

201

259

2100C

N4

Subscriber City,
State, Zip Code

201

260

2100C

N401

Subscriber City
Name

8

Required when
available.

Required when
available.
2/30

Required when
available.

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Page
#
4010

Page
#
5010

202

260

2100C

N402

Subscriber State
Code

2/2

Required when
available.

202

260

2100C

N403

Subscriber Postal
Zone or ZIP Code

3/15

Required when
available.

210

268

2100C

DMG

Subscriber
Demographic
Information

211

269

2100C

DMG02

Subscriber Birth
Date

211

269

2100C

DMG03

Subscriber Gender
Code

216

284

2100C

DTP

Subscriber Date

216

284

2100C

DTP01

Date Time Qualifier

307

3/3

Required

217

284

2100C

DTP02

Date Time Period
Format Qualifier

RD8

2/3

Required

217

284

2100C

DPT03

Date Time Period

1/35

Required. Send the date
range that reflects the
total time period covered
by the PIE Transaction.
For instance, if the
information source is
providing data covering
the last 3 years, this date
range would show a 3
year time period ending
today even if the
subscriber was only
covered during the last
year.

219

289

2110C

EB

Eligibility or Benefit
Information

Required. Send all EB
segments and EB03
(Service Type Code)
qualifiers needed in
order to fully describe
the coverage. Do not
send inactive coverage
(EB01=6).

233

309

2110C

HSD

Health Care
Services Delivery

Required when needed
to fully define the
eligibility or benefit
represented by the
preceding EB segment.

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Loop
ID

Reference

Name

Codes

Length

Notes/Comments

Required

F,M,U

1/35

Required

1/1

Required
Required. Send the
Date Time Period that
reflects the total time
period covered by the
PIE Transaction.

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Page
#
4010

Page
#
5010

238

314

2110C

REF

Subscriber
Additional
Information

Required when
additional identifiers are
required on claims
relating to the eligibility
or benefit represented by
the preceding EB
segment.

240

317

2110C

DTP

Subscriber
Eligibility/Benefit
Date

Required. Send the
Date Time Period that
describes the eligibility
or benefit represented by
the preceding EB
segment.

240

317

2110C

DTP01

Date Time Qualifier

307

3/3

Required

241

318

2110C

DTP02

Date Time Period
Format Qualifier

RD8

2/3

Required

241

318

2110C

DTP03

Eligibility or Benefit
Date Time Period

1/35

Required. Send the
Date Time Period that
represents the actual
start and end of the
eligibility or benefit
represented by the
preceding EB segment.
If the eligibility or benefit
is open-ended (i.e., no
end date), send a date
range with an ending
date in the future, but not
farther in the future than
12/31/2099.

250

329

2120C

254

335

2120C

255

336

2120C

10

Loop
ID

Reference

Name

Codes

Length

Notes/Comments

Subscriber Benefit
Related Entity

Required when a
subscriber‘s benefitrelated entity information
(such as another
information source) is
available, e.g. a
pharmacy benefit
manager contracted by
the information source.

N3

Subscriber Benefit
Related Entity
Address

Required when
available.

N4

Subscriber Benefit
Related Entity City,
State, Zip Code

Required when
available.

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Page
#
4010

Page
#
5010

Loop
ID

Reference

Name

265

347

2000D

HL

Dependent Level

Refer to the 4010 and
5010 Implementation
Guides for usage of the
dependent loop.

271

354

2100D

NM1

Dependent Name

Required

272

355

2100D

NM103

Dependent Last
Name

1/35

Required

272

355

2100D

NM104

Dependent First
Name

1/25

Required

272

355

2100D

NM105

Dependent Middle
Name

1/25

Required when
available.

274

357

2100D

REF

Dependent
Additional
Information

275

358

2100D

REF01

Dependent
Reference
Identification
Qualifier
Social Security
Number

276

360

2100D

REF02

Length

2/3

SY

Required. Send the
―SY‖ Social Security
Number in the first REF
segment.
1/30

Social Security
Number

10

361

2100D

N3

Dependent
Address

277

361

2100D

N301

Dependent
Address Line

Notes/Comments

Required. Send a REF
segment for each
identifier available in the
information source
database to optimize
matching to the Medicaid
agency database. The
first occurrence of the
REF additional
information must be ―SY‖
Social Security Number
as defined below.

Dependent
Supplemental
Identifier

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Codes

Required. Send the
Social Security Number
in the first REF segment.
If the Social Security
Number is not available,
send ―999999999‖.
Required when
available.

1/55

Required when
available.

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Page
#
4010

Page
#
5010

277

362

2100D

N302

Dependent
Address Line

278

364

2100D

N4

Dependent City,
State, Zip Code

278

364

2100D

N401

Dependent City
Name

2/30

Required when
available.

279

364

2100D

N402

Dependent State
Code

2/2

Required when
available.

279

364

2100D

N403

Dependent Postal
Zone or ZIP Code

3/15

Required when
available.

287

372

2100D

DMG

Dependent
Demographic
Information

288

373

2100D

DMG02

Dependent Birth
Date

288

373

2100D

DMG03

Dependent Gender
Code

289

375

2100D

INS

Dependent
Relationship

290

376

2100D

INS01

Insured Indicator

290

376

2100D

INS02

292

377

2100D

293

388

293
294

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Loop
ID

Reference

Name

Codes

Length

1/55

Notes/Comments

Required when the
second address line
exists.
Required when
available.

Required

F, M, U

1/35

Required

1/1

Required
Required when
available.

N

1/1

Required

Individual
Relationship Code

2/2

Required

INS17

Birth Sequence
Number

1/9

Required when
available.

2100D

DTP

Dependent Date

388

2100D

DTP01

Date Time Qualifier

307

3/3

Required

388

2100D

DTP02

Date Time Period
Format Qualifier

RD8

2/3

Required

Required. Send the
Date Time Period that
reflects the total time
period covered by the
PIE Transaction.

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Page
#
4010

Page
#
5010

294

388

2100D

DPT03

Date Time Period

295

394

2110D

EB

Eligibility or Benefit
Information

Required. Send all EB
segments and EB03
(Service Type Code)
qualifiers needed in
order to fully describe
the coverage. Do not
send inactive coverage
(EB01=6).

310

413

2110D

HSD

Health Care
Services Delivery

Required when needed
to fully define the
eligibility or benefit
represented by the
preceding EB segment.

315

417

2110D

REF

Dependent
Additional
Information

Required when
additional identifiers are
required on claims
relating to the eligibility
or benefit represented by
the preceding EB
segment.

317

421

2110D

DTP

Dependent
Eligibility / Benefit
Date

Required. Send the
Date Time Period that
describes the eligibility
or benefit represented by
the preceding EB
segment.

317

421

2110D

DTP01

Date Time Qualifier

307

3/3

Required

318

421

2110D

DTP02

Date Time Period
Format Qualifier

RD8

2/3

Required

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Loop
ID

Reference

Name

Codes

Length

1/35

Notes/Comments

Required. Send the date
range that reflects the
total time period covered
by the PIE Transaction.
For instance, if the
information source is
providing data covering
the last 3 years, this date
range would show a 3
year time period ending
today even if the
dependent was only
covered during the last
year.

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Page
#
4010

Page
#
5010

318

421

2110D

327

433

2120D

331

438

2120D

332

439

2120D

14

Loop
ID

Reference

DTP03

Name

Eligibility or Benefit
Date Time Period

Codes

Length

1/35

Notes/Comments

Required. Send the Date
Time Period that
represents the actual
start and end of the
eligibility or benefit
represented by the
preceding EB segment.
If the eligibility or benefit
is open-ended (i.e., no
end date), send a date
range with an ending
date in the future, but not
farther in the future than
12/31/2099.

Dependent Benefit
Related Entity

Required when a
dependent‘s benefitrelated entity information
(such as another
information source) is
available, e.g. a
pharmacy benefit
manager contracted by
the information source.

N3

Dependent Benefit
Related Entity
Address

Required when
available.

N4

Dependent Benefit
Related Entity City,
State, Zip Code

Required when
available.

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Appendix A Implementation Checklist
[This section may be deleted, or the Medicaid agency may add instructions here. This may
include trading partner agreement set-up, steps to establish connectivity, and testing.]

Appendix B Business Scenarios
The PIE Transaction will be submitted to  on a predetermined
schedule and frequency using the transmission mechanism and schedule and including
subscribers (and dependents) residing in the appropriate geographic areas as agreed
upon in the trading partner agreement. The Health Care Eligibility Benefit Inquiry and
Response (270/271) may be used to clarify or update coverage information as part of
the Medicaid coordination of benefits and cost recovery processes. For more
information about the business context and the benefits to payers and Medicaid
agencies, visit the following:
www.cms.hhs.gov/ThirdPartyLiability/DRA/CompanionGuideBusinessScenarios

Appendix C Change Summary
[The Medicaid agency will indicate key changes to the document. A sample matrix is provided
and may be modified to effectively communicate changes to the payers.]
TABLE 2 – CHANGE SUMMARY
Version

Date

Organization/Point of Contact

Description of Changes

1.0





Office

Initial Version

1.1





Office

Updated Contact Information.

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Appendix D Glossary and Acronyms
TABLE 3 – GLOSSARY
Term

Definition

Information
Receiver

In the case of the PIE Transaction, the information receiver is .

Information Source

In the case of the PIE Transaction, the information source is also referred to as the
payer.

Payer

In this DRA Companion Guide, payer refers to the ―health insurer‖. Section 6035
clarified the definition of health insurer to include self-insured plans, managed care
organizations, pharmacy benefit managers and other parties that are, by statute,
contract, or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care
item or service. Other parties include such entities as third party administrators,
fiscal intermediaries, and managed care contractors, who administer benefits on
behalf of the risk-bearing sponsor (e.g., an employer with a self-insured health
plan).

TABLE 4 – ACRONYMS
Acronym

Definition

2100C

Subscriber loop

2110C

Subscriber Eligibility or Benefit Information loop

2120C

Subscriber Benefit Related Entity loop

2100D

Dependent loop

2110D

Dependent Eligibility or Benefit Information loop

2120D

Dependent Benefit Related Entity loop

270

A HIPAA-compliant transaction used to request information about eligibility for
benefits.

271

A HIPAA-compliant transaction used to return information about a subscriber‘s
eligibility for benefits.

997

A functional acknowledgement. An ASC X12N standard transaction used either to
acknowledge receipt of a 270 transaction or to reject a transaction based on failure
in the content of the request.

999

An implementation acknowledgement. An ASC X12 standard transaction used to
acknowledge receipt of a batch 270.

ASC X12

ASC X12 is a standard for EDI that is sponsored by the American National
Standards Institute Accredited Standards Committee. It is a selected standard for
HIPAA-compliant transactions.

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CMS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

DRA

Deficit Reduction Act

DTP

Date or Time or Period—this segment is used to provide a date or date range in an
ASC X12 transaction. This segment can be found in multiple places in the
transaction.

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Acronym

Definition

EB

Eligibility or Benefit Information—This segment supplies eligibility and benefit
information. It can be used in both the subscriber and dependent loops.

EB01

Eligibility or Benefit Information Code identifies eligibility or benefit information
provided in the EB segment.

EB03

Service Type Code classifies the type of service described in the EB segment.

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange is a subset of Electronic Commerce. It is a set of
standardized electronic business documents, which are exchanged in agreed-upon
formats.

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Title II). Title II of
HIPAA, known as the Administrative Simplification provisions, requires the
establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions and
national identifiers for covered entity providers, health insurance plans, and
clearing houses.
The Administrative Simplification provisions also address the security and privacy
of health data. The standards are meant to improve the efficiency and effectiveness
of the nation's health care system by encouraging the widespread use of EDI in the
U.S. health care system.

ISA

Interchange Control Header

ISA04

Security Information (ISA)

ISA05

Interchange ID Qualifier (ISA) designates the system/method of code structure
used to designate the Sender ID element being qualified.

ISA06

Interchange Sender ID (ISA)

ISA07

Interchange ID Qualifier (ISA) designates the system/method of code structure
used to designate the Receiver ID element being qualified.

ISA08

Interchange Receiver ID (ISA)

PIE

Payer Initiated Eligibility/Benefit—This is the transaction developed by CMS that
can be used by the Medicaid agencies to obtain eligibility and benefit information
from payers in a single unsolicited transaction.

X12

X12 is a standard for EDI that is sponsored by the American National Standards
Institute Accredited Standards Committee. The proper designation is ASC X12. It
is a selected standard for HIPAA-compliant transactions.

X12N

X12 is a standard for EDI that is sponsored by the American National Standards
Institute Accredited Standards Committee. It is a selected standard for HIPAAcompliant transactions. The ―N‖ designates the Insurance subcommittee. The ―N‖
reference has been dropped in more recent standards.

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