Calculate Reimbursement for Multiple Plans: A Healthcare Guide

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The discussion focuses on developing a formula to accurately reimburse members for out-of-pocket costs when enrolled in multiple healthcare plans. It outlines the rules that transactions from one plan count towards the limits of another, and reimbursement can only occur from the plan where the transaction originated. An example illustrates how to calculate reimbursements for a member enrolled in two plans with different limits, resulting in a total reimbursement due for both plans. Participants seek assistance in creating a mathematical formula that can be implemented in Excel for tracking these reimbursements. The conversation emphasizes the need for clarity in reimbursement calculations across multiple plans.
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Summary: I work in healthcare and I have to come up with a formula that will correctly reimburse members their out of pocket costs in the correct plan when they are enrolled in two or more plans following the rules below:
1. All of the transactions for Plan A will count towards Plan B limits.
2. I can only reimburse the money in the plan the transaction came in.

Below is my example:

Member A was enrolled in Plan A from January through March 2019 AND Plan B from April through May 2019. Both plans had different plan limits.

Plan A: $200 plan limit

Plan B: $400 plan limit

Transaction 1 came in 01/05/2019 for Plan A for $250, therefore the Plan A Cumulative Reimbursement so far is $50.

Transaction 2 came in 04/05/2019 for Plan B for $200, for some reason or another no transaction to reimburse Plan A has come through, so I still need to count the $250 towards plan Bs limit of $400. If I add $250 +$200=$450, that is $50 over my plan B limit and therefore the reimbursement due to my customer is $50 for Plan A and $50 for plan B.

There has to be some mathematical formula for this to work out, if someone can help me figure this out that would be great, i can then transalate it to an Excel formula. I have attached my spreadsheet so you can see the work I am doing and perhaps this will help. the formula would go into Column K (Reimbursement by Plan).

[Moderator's note: Moved from a technical forum and thus no template.]
 

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Welcome to the PF. :smile:
DianaCorine said:
Transaction 1 came in 01/05/2019 for Plan A for $250, therefore the Plan A Cumulative Reimbursement so far is $50.
Did you mention a reimbursement rate? Sorry if I missed it.
 
berkeman said:
Welcome to the PF. :smile:

Did you mention a reimbursement rate? Sorry if I missed it.
The reimbursement would be anything over the plan limit. In this case it would be $50 for Plan A and $50 for Plan B.
 
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