Demonstration Type

SAS Name
DEMO_TYPE

This variable identifies whether the organization’s contract is for a demonstration.

Comments

The CCW constructs the Plan Characteristics File from information submitted by plan sponsors to CMS’s Health Plan Management System (HPMS).

Employer and National Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) plans are waived from reporting Plan Benefit Package information.

For those plans that did not report, the value of this variable will be blank.

Source: CMS (HPMS Files)

Code Code value
0 Non-Demonstration
1 Demonstration