EDI 834 – Benefit Enrollment and Maintenance

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EDI 834 – Benefit Enrollment and Maintenance

The EDI 834 transaction set represents a Benefit Enrollment and Maintenance document. It is used by employers, as well as unions, government agencies or insurance agencies, to enroll members in a healthcare benefit plan. The 834 has been specified by HIPAA 5010 standards for the electronic exchange of member enrollment information, including benefits, plan subscription and employee demographic information.

The 834 transaction may be used for any of the following functions relative to health plans:

  • New enrollments
  • Changes in a member’s enrollment
  • Reinstatement of a member’s enrollment
  • Disenrollment of members (i.e., termination of plan membership)
  • The information is submitted, typically by the employer, to healthcare payer organizations who are responsible for payment of health claims and administering insurance and/or benefits. This may include insurance companies, healthcare professional organizations such as HMOs or PPOs, government agencies such as Medicare and Medicaid.

A typical 834 document may include the following information:

  • Subscriber name and identification
  • Plan network identification
  • Subscriber eligibility and/or benefit information
  • Product/service identification
  • The recipient of an 834 transaction must respond with a 999 Implementation Acknowledgement, which confirms that the file was received and provides feedback on the acceptance of the document.

EDI 834 Format:

ISA*00* *00* *12*ABCCOM *01*999999999 *101127*1719*U*00400*000003438*0*P*>
GS*PO*4405197800*999999999*20101127*1719*1421*X*004010VICS
ST*834*0179
BGN*00*1*20050315*110650****4
REF*38*SAMPLE_POLICY_NUMBER
DTP*303*D8*20080321
N1*P5*COMPAN_NAME*FI*000000000
INS*Y*18*030*20*A
REF*0F*SUBSCRIBER_NUMBER
NM1*IL*1*JOHN DOE*R***34*1*0000000
PER*IP**HP*2138051111
N3*123 SAMPLE RD
N4*CITY*ST*12345
DMG*D8*19690101 *F
HD*030
DTP*348*D8*20080101
REF*1L*INDIV_POLICY_NO
SE*16*0179
GE*1*1421
IEA*1*000003438

EDI 834 Specification:

This X12 Transaction Set contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Benefit Enrollment and Maintenance Transaction Set (834) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used to establish communication between the sponsor of the insurance product and the payer. Such transaction(s) may or may not take place through a third party administrator (TPA). For the purpose of this standard, the sponsor is the party or entity that ultimately pays for the coverage, benefit or product. A sponsor can be an employer, union, government agency, association, or insurance agency. The payer refers to an entity that pays claims, administers

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