Attachment 28 – HC Tips for Making Your MEPS Interview Easier

TIPS FOR MAKING YOUR MEPS INTERVIEW EASIER
Use records like these to make it easier to answer the MEPS survey
questions:
 Records covering health care appointments for all household members
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A family calendar, or each person’s own calendar
Electronic calendar in a cell phone, laptop, tablet or IPad, etc
Appointment cards or email reminders from a medical provider
Receipts
Explanation of Benefits (EOB) from your health insurance provider
Computerized health care records, including those from your
provider or patient portal
 MEPS monthly planner with your notes added

 Records covering health care received without an appointment
 Emergency Room (ER) or Walk-In Clinic discharge instructions or
receipts
 Payment records (e.g., credit card statements, debit card records,
checkbook log)
 Health care provider business cards
 Prescription medicine bottles
 Pharmacy print-outs
 Explanation of Benefits (EOB) from your health insurance provider
 Lab referral or result records

THANK YOU for gathering this information for all household members!

14-453R
Record Keeping Job Aid

** Your MEPS interviewer is happy to work with you **
in using these documents during the interview

MEPS counts many things you might not think of as “health care”….
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Diagnostic tests such as blood work, X-rays, mammograms, MRI or CAT scans

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Vaccinations for children and adults

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Flu shots and allergy shots

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All types of preventative care, including well visits

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Dental check-ups, and orthodontic care (braces)

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Blood pressure checks and other types of heart health monitoring

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Eye exams and prescription glasses or contact lenses

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Counseling and other care from psychologists or mental health specialists

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Physical, speech or occupational therapy

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Chiropractic care, acupuncture, homeopathic or other alternative care

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Prescription medicines including birth control, insulin and diabetic supplies

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Care received at home by visiting nurses or other home health aides

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Phone calls to medical providers or labs to check test results
And much more -- ask your interviewer if you are not sure what to include

Of course, MEPS also counts ….
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Hospital stays, even if just part of a day or longer

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Care received at the Emergency Room or Urgent Care Centers

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Care at walk-in clinics such as clinics at work, or in a pharmacy (Minute Clinics)

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Sick visits to a doctor, nurse or physician assistant

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Pre-natal care, and all other obstetrician/gynecological care

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Pre-op care before surgery, the surgery and the follow-up care

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Cancer treatments including chemotherapy and radiation

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Dialysis and other long term treatments

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Oral surgery
And much more -- ask your interviewer if you are not sure what to include