Match rules for Healthcare
Learn what match rules are preconfigured in entity types for Reltio for Healthcare .
Reltio for Healthcare brings together systems including patient records, payment, and insurance systems. Many of these systems duplicate patient and provider information. Match rules define the criteria Reltio uses to determine whether two records are duplicates.
Provider Organization and Practitioner entity types are highly likely to be duplicated, so match rules help you reconcile any variations. Insurance plans, on the other hand, tend not to have duplicates, so they do not need match rules.
Some preconfigured entity types in the Reltio for Healthcare data model come with match rules. For general information on match rules, see topic Reltio match and merge. For details on the preconfigured entity types that come with Reltio for Healthcare, see Entity types for Healthcare.
Location entity type match rules (Healthcare)
This table identifies the Reltio for Healthcare match rules for the Location entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for an address.
| Label | Description | Match queries |
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| Exact (Addr1, City, State, Country, Zip5, Verification Status) EOAN(Addr2, Zip4) | Automatically merges records when the full address OR the when the address line 2 and Zip code are an exact match or are null. |
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Payer entity type match rules (Healthcare)
This table identifies the Reltio for Healthcare match rules for the Payer entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific payment providers.
| Label | Description | Match queries |
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| Exact (Name, Addr1, City, Zip5) EOAN (Addr2) | Automatically merges when the name, address line 1, city, and Zip code are an exact match AND when address line 2 is an exact match or is null. |
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| Exact(City, State) Fuzzy (Name, Adl) | Creates a potential match when there is exact match on city and state as well as a fuzzy match on name and address line 1. |
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Person entity type match rules (Healthcare)
This table identifies the Reltio for Healthcare match rules for the Person entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific person.
| Label | Description | Match queries |
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| Exact (FirstName, LastName, Email, Phone) EOAN (Suffix) | Creates a potential match when the first name, last name, email address, and phone are an exact match AND the suffix is an exact match or is null. |
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| Exact (FirstName, LastName, Identifier/Type, Identifier/ID) | Creates a potential match when the first name, last name, identifier ID, and identifier type are an exact match. |
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| Exact (LastName, FirstName, SSN) | Automatically merges records when the first name, last name, and Social Security Number are an exact match. |
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| Fuzzy (FirstName) Exact (LastName, Addr1, City) | Creates a potential match when the last name, address line 1, and city are an exact match AND the first name is a fuzzy match. |
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| Grouping - Exact (Last Name & Address) | Automatically groups records when the last name and address are an exact match. |
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Practitioner entity type match rules (Healthcare)
This table identifies the Reltio for Healthcare match rules for the Practitioner entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for a specific healthcare practitioner.
| Label | Description | Match queries |
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| Exact (FirstName, LastName, Addr Type, Addr1, Zip5, VerificationStatus) | Automatically merges records when the first name, last name, address type, address line 1, and zip code are an exact match. |
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| Exact (NPI), Fuzzy (LastName) | Creates potential match when the NPI values for identifier ID and identifier type are and exact match and the last name is a fuzzy match. |
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| Fuzzy (FirstName, LastName) Exact (Email or Phone) | Creates a potential match when the first name and last name are a fuzzy match AND the email address or phone number is an exact match. |
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| Fuzzy (FirstName, LastName) Exact (Identifiers/Type, Identifiers/ID) | Creates a potential match when the first name and last name are a fuzzy match AND the identifier ID and identifier type are an exact match. |
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Provider Organization entity type match rules (Healthcare)
This table identifies the Reltio for Healthcare match rules for the Provider Organization entity type. Use these match rules to create a record for healthcare master accounts, companies, and businesses.
| Label | Description | Match queries |
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| Exact (NPI) Fuzzy (Name) | Creates potential match when the NPI values for identifier ID and identifier type are an exact match and the name is a fuzzy match. |
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| Exact (Name, Addr1, City, Zip5) EOAN (Addr2) | Automatically merges records when the name, address line 1, city, and Zip code are an exact match AND the address line 1 is an exact match or null. |
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| Fuzzy (Name) Exact (Identifier/Type, Identifier/ID, Addr1) | Creates a potential match when the name is a fuzzy match AND the identifier ID, identifier type, and address line 1 are an exact match. |
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| Fuzzy (Name) Exact(Addr1, CIty, State, Zip5, Country) | Create potential matches |
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