Provider Directory (PD) SectionNovember 14, 2017 MEPS P21R5/P22R3/P23R1 NOTE: The MEPS instrument design changed beginning in Spring of 2018, affecting Panel 23 Round 1, Panel 22 Round 3, and Panel 21 Round 5, and affected the 2017 MEPS data files. The MEPS website releases the consolidated CAPI survey instruments each year for the Rounds 1 through 3 for the first year panel and Rounds 3 through 5 for the second year panel to accompany data releases. For the Full-Year 2017 PUFs, the Panel 22 Round 3 and Panel 21 Round 5 data were transformed to the degree possible to conform to the previous year (2016) design. For this reason, we are releasing 2016 CAPI survey instruments, updated to reflect 2017 dates, and users should note that not all changes to the instrument administered in the Spring of 2018 will be reflected in these documents.
NOTE: THERE ARE THREE BASIC TYPES OF PROVIDERS: 1. PERSON-TYPE-PROVIDERS 2. PERSON-IN-FACILITY-PROVIDERS 3. FACILITY PROVIDERS THE PROVIDER DIRECTORY (PD) SECTION DEALS ONLY WITH THE FIRST AND THIRD TYPES. THE SECOND TYPE (PERSON-IN-FACILITY-PROVIDERS) SHOULD BE TREATED AS A FACILITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PD SECTION. THAT IS, THE PERSON'S NAME IS NOT DISPLAYED OR SEARCHED ON, BUT RATHER THE FACILITY WITH WHICH S/HE IS ASSOCIATED WILL BE DISPLAYED AND SEARCHED ON. THEREFORE, IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PERSON-IN-FACILITY-PROVIDER ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME FACILITY, THE PROVIDER LOOP WILL BE CYCLED ON ONCE FOR THAT FACILITY. BOX_00
CONTEXT HEADER DISPLAY INSTRUCTIONS: DISPLAY PROV.LORPNAME, PROV.PVSTRT1 LOOP_01
FOR EACH ELEMENT IN RU-MEDICAL-PROVIDERS-ROSTER, ASK NAV_PD01 - END_LP01
LOOP DEFINITION: LOOP_01 COLLECTS VA AFFILIATION AND ADDRESS INFORMATION FOR PROVIDERS. THIS LOOP CYCLES ON PROVIDERS THAT MEET THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: - CREATED THIS ROUND AND LINKED TO A KEY RU MEMBER OR - CREATED IN A PREVIOUS ROUND AND NOW LINKED TO A KEY RU MEMBER (AND HAS NOT BEEN THROUGH THE PD SECTION PREVIOUSLY) AND - ASSOCIATED WITH AN HS, ER, OP, OR IC EVENT OR - ASSOCIATED WITH AN MV EVENT OR - ASSOCIATED WITH AN HH EVENT AND FLAGGED AS ‘AGENCY’
NAVIGATOR DETAILS: LOOP_01 USES NAV_PD01 TO CONTROL THE FLOW OF THE LOOP. NAV_PD01 SERIES: Provider Look-Up and VA Affiliation
ROSTER DETAILS: COL # 1 HEADER: PROVIDER INSTRUCTIONS: DISPLAY RU-MEDICAL-PROVIDERS-ROSTER COL # 2 HEADER: EMPTY INSTRUCTIONS: DISPLAY THE MOST CURRENT NAVIGATOR STATUS FOR EACH PROVIDER EACH TIME THE NAVIGATOR IS PRESENTED
ROSTER DEFINITION: THIS ITEM DISPLAYS THE RU-MEDICAL-PROVIDERS-ROSTER FOR SELECTION.
ROSTER BEHAVIOR: 1. SELECT ALLOWED. 2. MULTIPLE SELECT, ADD, DELETE, AND EDIT DISALLOWED.
ROSTER FILTER: DISPLAY EACH PROVIDER IN THE RU-MEDICAL-PROVIDERS- ROSTER THAT MEETS THE CONDITIONS STATED IN LOOP_01
CONTINUE WITH PD01A FOR SELECTED PROVIDER PD01A PROVIDER: {NAME OF MEDICAL CARE PROVIDER......}
DISPLAY NAME OF PROVIDER BEING LOOPED ON FOR ‘NAME OF MEDICAL CARE PROVIDER.’
IF PERSON PROVIDER DISPLAY ‘Is the clinic or place where (PROVIDER) was seen a facility of the Veteran’s Administration?’ IF FACILITY PROVIDER DISPLAY ‘Is (PROVIDER) a facility of the Veteran’s Administration?’ BOX_01A
IF PROVIDER IS: - ASSOCIATED WITH AN HS, ER, OP, OR IC EVENT OR - ASSOCIATED WITH AN MV EVENT AND MV03 IS CODED ‘1’ (YES-TALKED TO A MEDICAL DOCTOR) OR MV03 IS CODED ‘2’ (NO), ‘-7’ (REFUSED) OR ‘-8’ (DON’T KNOW) AND MV06 IS CODED ‘1’ (YES-MEDICAL DOCTORS WORK AT LOCATION) OR - ASSOCIATED WITH A HH EVENT AND FLAGGED AS ‘AGENCY’, CONTINUE WITH BOX_03
OTHERWISE, GO TO END_LP01 BOX_03
IF LOOPING ON PROVIDER ASSOCIATED ONLY WITH AN MV EVENT AND RU IS NOT SELECTED FOR THE MEDICAL PROVIDER COMPONENT (MPC), GO TO END_LP01
OTHERWISE, CONTINUE WITH BOX_04 BOX_04
IF FIRST TIME THROUGH LOOP_01, CONTINUE WITH PD03
OTHERWISE, GO TO PD05A IF PERSON-PROVIDER OR PD05B IF FACILITY-PROVIDER PD03 To make sure my information is complete, I am going to
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IF PROVIDER TYPE IS PERSON GO TO PD05A
OTHERWISE GO TO PD05B PD05A PROVIDER NAME: {NAME OF MEDICAL
CARE PROVIDER FROM PV}
ITEM DETAILS FIRST NAME: .. {Display Provider First Name} LAST NAME: ... {Display Provider Last Name (Legal)} ADDRESS: .... {Display Provider First Line Business Location Street Address} .... {Display Second Line Business Location Address} .... {Display Provider Business Location Address City, State, Zip} PHONE: ....... {Display Provider Business Location Address Telephone Number} SPECIALTY: ... {Display Healthcare Provider Taxonomy Code (Primary)} {SEARCH CRITERIA 1}
{DON’T SEARCH ANYMORE/NONE OF THE ABOVE MATCHES}
DISPLAY THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE: ‘The number of potential matches exceeds the number that can be displayed. Add more detail and search again.’ IF THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL MATCHES EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF MATCHES THAT CAN BE DISPLAYED.
NOTE: AS OF PANEL 20 ROUND 1, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF MATCHES THAT CAN BE DISPLAYED IS 750.
DISPLAY NAME OF PROVIDER AS RECORDED ON THE PROVIDER ROSTER FROM SECTION PV FOR THE PROVIDER BEING LOOPED ON FOR ‘NAME OF MEDICAL PROVIDER FROM PV’.
DISPLAY THE FIRST STREET ADDRESS AS RECORDED ON THE PROVIDER ROSTER FROM SECTION PV FOR THE PROVIDER BEING LOOPED ON FOR ‘STREET ADDRESS FROM PV’.
DISPLAY ‘FIRST NAME’ FOR SEARCH CRITERIA 1 AND ‘LAST NAME’ FOR SEARCH CRITERIA 2 IF ‘SEARCH ON PROVIDER NAME SHOWN ABOVE’ SELECTED.
DISPLAY ‘STREET LIKE’ FOR SEARCH CRITERIA 1 IF ‘SEARCH ON CORE STREET NAME’ SELECTED. DISPLAY NO SEARCH CRITERIA 2.
DISPLAY ‘PHONE NUMBER’ FOR SEARCH CRITERIA 1 IF ‘SEARCH ON TELEPHONE NUMBER’ SELECTED. DISPLAY NO SEARCH CRITERIA 2.
DISPLAY TWO-CHARACTER STATE ABBREVIATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RU’S ADDRESS FOR ‘STATE ABBREVIATION FOR RESPONDENT’.
A LIST OF PROVIDERS IS DISPLAYED ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE SCREEN AFTER SEARCH CRITERIA ENTERED AND ‘SEARCH’ BUTTON SELECTED.
AN ‘ITEM DETAILS’ BOX WILL APPEAR AFTER A PROVIDER HAS BEEN SELECTED FROM THE LIST OF PROVIDERS.
SEARCHES CAN BE CONDUCTED MULTIPLE TIMES FROM THIS SCREEN WITHOUT MOVING FORWARD IN THE INSTRUMENT.
YOU CAN ONLY PROCEED AFTER A PROVIDER OR ‘DON’T SEARCH ANYMORE/NONE OF THE ABOVE MATCHES’ HAS BEEN SELECTED.
IF A PROVIDER IS SELECTED, PROCEED TO PD14
IF ‘DON’T SEARCH ANYMORE/NONE OF THE ABOVE MATCHES’ HAS BEEN SELECTED, PROCEED TO PD18 PD05B PROVIDER NAME: {NAME OF MEDICAL
CARE PROVIDER FROM PV}
ITEM DETAILS PROVIDER: .... {Display Provider Organization Name} OTHER NAME: .. {Display Provider Other Organization Name} ADDRESS: .... {Display Provider First Line Business Location Address} .... {Display Second Line Business Location Address .... {Display Provider Business Location Address, City, State, Zip} PHONE: ....... {Display Provider Business Location Address Telephone Number} SPECIALTY: ... {Display Healthcare Provider Taxonomy Code (Primary)} {SEARCH CRITERIA 1}
{DON’T SEARCH ANYMORE/NONE OF THE ABOVE MATCHES}
DISPLAY THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE: ‘The number of potential matches exceeds the number that can be displayed. Add more detail and search again.’ IF THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL MATCHES EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF MATCHES THAT CAN BE DISPLAYED.
NOTE: AS OF PANEL 20 ROUND 1, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF MATCHES THAT CAN BE DISPLAYED IS 750.
DISPLAY NAME OF PROVIDER AS RECORDED ON THE PROVIDER ROSTER FROM SECTION PV FOR THE PROVIDER BEING LOOPED ON FOR ‘NAME OF MEDICAL PROVIDER FROM PV’.
DISPLAY TWO-CHARACTER STATE ABBREVIATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RU’S ADDRESS FOR ‘STATE ABBREVIATION FOR RESPONDENT’.
DISPLAY THE FIRST STREET ADDRESS AS RECORDED ON THE PROVIDER ROSTER FROM SECTION PV FOR THE PROVIDER BEING LOOPED ON FOR ‘STREET ADDRESS FROM PV’.
DISPLAY ‘PROVIDER LIKE’ FOR SEARCH CRITERIA 1 IF ‘SEARCH ON PROVIDER NAME SHOWN ABOVE’ SELECTED. DISPLAY NO SEARCH CRITERIA 2.
DISPLAY ‘STREET LIKE’ FOR SEARCH CRITERIA 1 IF ‘SEARCH ON CORE STREET NAME’ SELECTED. DISPLAY NO SEARCH CRITERIA 2.
DISPLAY ‘PHONE NUMBER’ FOR SEARCH CRITERIA 1 IF ‘SEARCH ON TELEPHONE NUMBER’ SELECTED. DISPLAY NO SEARCH CRITERIA 2.
DISPLAY ‘PROVIDER LIKE’ FOR SEARCH CRITERIA 1 AND ‘STREET LIKE’ FOR SEARCH CRITERIA 2 IF ‘SEARCH ON PROVIDER NAME AND STREET SHOWN ABOVE’ SELECTED.
A LIST OF PROVIDERS IS DISPLAYED ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE SCREEN AFTER SEARCH CRITERIA ENTERED AND ‘SEARCH’ BUTTON SELECTED.
AN ‘ITEM DETAILS’ BOX WILL APPEAR AFTER A PROVIDER HAS BEEN SELECTED FROM THE LIST OF PROVIDERS.
SEARCHES CAN BE CONDUCTED MULTIPLE TIMES FROM THIS SCREEN WITHOUT MOVING FORWARD IN THE INSTRUMENT.
YOU CAN ONLY PROCEED AFTER A PROVIDER OR ‘DON’T SEARCH ANYMORE/NONE OF THE ABOVE MATCHES’ HAS BEEN SELECTED.
IF A PROVIDER IS SELECTED, PROCEED TO PD14
IF ‘DON’T SEARCH ANYMORE/NONE OF THE ABOVE MATCHES’ HAS BEEN SELECTED, PROCEED TO PD18 PD14 YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE FOLLOWING PROVIDER:
DISPLAY NAME OF PROVIDER AS RECORDED ON THE PROVIDER ROSTER FROM SECTION PV FOR THE PROVIDER BEING LOOPED ON FOR ‘NAME OF MEDICAL PROVIDER FROM PV’. IF PERSON-TYPE-PROVIDER, DISPLAY PERSON NAME. IF FACILITY-PROVIDER, DISPLAY FACILITY NAME.
DISPLAY THE FIRST STREET ADDRESS AS RECORDED ON THE PROVIDER ROSTER FROM SECTION PV FOR THE PROVIDER BEING LOOPED ON FOR ‘STREET ADDRESS FROM PV’.
DISPLAY FULL INFORMATION (I.E., NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP, TELEPHONE, AND SPECIALTY) FOR PROVIDER SELECTED IN PD05A OR PD05B FOR ‘NAME OF PROVIDER SELECTED AT PD05A/PD05B’.
IF CODED ‘1’ (ACCEPT PROVIDER AS SHOWN) OR ‘2’ (ACCEPT PROVIDER BUT MAKE CHANGES), STORE THIS PROVIDER DIRECTORY ID.
NOTE: INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE PROVIDER DIRECTORY SEARCH IS NOT USED TO REPLACE DATA REPORTED BY THE RESPONDENT DURING THE INTERVIEW OR INCORPORATED INTO PROVIDER ROSTER DISPLAYS.
IF CODED ‘3’ (WRONG PROVIDER, GO BACK TO PREVIOUS SCREEN), CAPI AUTOMATICALLY RETURNS TO PD05A OR PD05B. PD15 PROVIDER NAME: {NAME OF PROVIDER SELECTED AT PD05A/B}
DISPLAY NAME OF PROVIDER AS RECORDED ON THE PROVIDER ROSTER FROM SECTION PV FOR THE PROVIDER BEING LOOPED ON FOR ‘NAME OF MEDICAL PROVIDER FROM PV’. IF PERSON-TYPE-PROVIDER, DISPLAY PERSON NAME. IF FACILITY-PROVIDER, DISPLAY FACILITY NAME.
DISPLAY THE FIRST STREET ADDRESS AS RECORDED ON THE PROVIDER ROSTER FROM SECTION PV FOR THE PROVIDER BEING LOOPED ON FOR ‘STREET ADDRESS FROM PV’.
DISPLAY NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP, AND TELEPHONE FOR PROVIDER SELECTED IN PD05A OR PD05B ‘NAME OF PROVIDER SELECTED AT PD05A/B’.
ENTRY FIELD SPECIFICATIONS: - FOR NAME, IF PERSON-TYPE-PROVIDER, DISPLAY TITLE, FIRST NAME, AND LAST NAME FIELDS. - ELSE, DISPLAY FACILITY NAME FIELD.
FLAG THIS RECORD AS ‘UPDATED. NEEDS HOME OFFICE REVIEW.’
CONTINUE WITH PD19 PD18 ENTER COMPLETE PROVIDER NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE.
IF STREET ADDRESS LINES ARE CODED REFUSED OR DON’T KNOW (-7 OR -8) IN PROVIDER ROSTER (PV) SECTION, DISPLAY BLANK LINES FOR THESE FIELDS.
DISPLAY THE name and address as recorded on the provider roster from section pv for the provider BEING LOOPED ON FOR ‘PROVIDER NAME FROM PV’. IF PERSON-TYPE-PROVIDER, DISPLAY PERSON NAME. IF FACILITY-PROVIDER, DISPLAY FACILITY NAME.
ENTRY FIELD SPECIFICATIONS: - FOR NAME, IF PERSON-TYPE-PROVIDER, DISPLAY TITLE, FIRST NAME, AND LAST NAME FIELDS. - ELSE, DISPLAY FACILITY NAME FIELD. - DISPLAY THE NAME (IN APPROPRIATE FIRST & LAST NAME OR FACILITY FIELDS) AS RECORDED ON THE PROVIDER ROSTER FROM SECTION PV FOR THE PROVIDER BEING LOOPED ON IN THE ENTRY FIELD FOR THE INTERVIEWER TO EITHER ACCEPT OR EDIT. - DISPLAY THE ADDRESS (IN APPROPRIATE FIRST AND SECOND STREET FIELDS) AS RECORDED ON THE PROVIDER ROSTER FROM SECTION PV FOR THE PROVIDER BEING LOOPED ON IN THE ENTRY FIELD FOR THE INTERVIEWER TO EITHER ACCEPT OR EDIT.
FLAG THIS RECORD AS ‘NEW NAME/ADDRESS INFORMATION. NEEDS HOME OFFICE REVIEW.’
REFUSED AND DON’T KNOW ALLOWED IN ALL FIELDS, EXCEPT THE ‘NAME’ AND ‘STATE’ FIELDS.
CONTINUE WITH PD19 PD19 PROVIDER NAME: {NAME OF PROVIDER
SELECTED AT PD05A/B}
DISPLAY NAME OF PROVIDER AS RECORDED ON THE PROVIDER ROSTER FROM SECTION PV FOR THE PROVIDER BEING LOOPED ON FOR ‘NAME OF MEDICAL CARE PROVIDER’. IF PERSON-TYPE PROVIDER, DISPLAY PERSON NAME. IF FACILITY-PROVIDER, DISPLAY FACILITY NAME.
DISPLAY THE FIRST STREET ADDRESS AS RECORDED ON THE PROVIDER ROSTER FROM SECTION PV FOR THE PROVIDER BEING LOOPED ON FOR ‘STREET ADDRESS’.
IF PROVIDER SELECTED AT PD05A/B, DISPLAY NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP, AND TELEPHONE FOR PROVIDER SELECTED IN PD05A OR PD05B FOR ‘NAME OF PROVIDER SELECTED AT PD05A/B’. PD19OV PROVIDER NAME: {NAME OF PROVIDER
SELECTED AT PD05A/B}
ALLOW MULTIPLE LINES FOR ENTRY. END_LP01
CYCLE ON NEXT PROVIDER THAT MEETS THE CONDITIONS STATED IN THE LOOP DEFINITION.
IF NO OTHER PROVIDER MEETS THE STATED CONDITIONS, END LOOP_01 AND CONTINUE WITH BOX_06 BOX_06
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