5.5 Benefit Trends
The Benefit Category Trend represents how the Plan, Member, and Discount contributions were applied to the total charges submitted by providers per benefit category, plotted quarter over quarter.
The following fields are included in the Benefit Trend report :
Category Selection- Click the drop down box to select an individual benefit category or use the arrow keys to view each report.
Period - Denotes each quarter represented on the graph.
Claimants - The number of individual members that incurred claims.
# Claims - The number of claims; useful in determining the volume of activity for each quarter.
Plan - Total amount paid by the plan sponsor.
Member - Total amount paid by the member.
Discount - The amount of savings recieved from PPO and other discount outlets.
Total - The total amount billed by the provider before network discount or other types of savings are applied.