FILE NAME		SCFieldPositions.Txt
VERSION			Version Apr 27 2006

URL			http://www.cms.hhs.gov
BUCKET			Research, Statistics, Trends and Reports
CATEGORY		Research, Trends and Statistics
WEB SECTION		Health Plans Reports Files and Data
PAGE			State County Files (SC)

BRIEF EXPLANATION
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The SC (State County Plan Market Penetration File) is
- a FIXED WIDTH file for years 1993 - 2000, Mar-2001, Jun 2001, & Sep 2001
- a COMMA SEPARATED FILE for years Dec-2001, & 2002 - 2005

The FIELD POSITIONS for years 1993 - 2001 are presented below
Beginning Dec 2001 the SC file became comma separated.

This file is included with the downloads. An explanation of the 
field names is included on the SC Page whose location is given above.
For technical problems or other concerns contact Russell.Hendel@CMS.HHS.GOV.


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FIELD POSITIONS SCP    Dec-1993 -- Sep-2001
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BEGIN	END	FIELDNAME				FIELDTYPE
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1	2	State					Char
3	32	County					Char
33	40	Eligible Count				(Long) Integer
41	53	Enrollee County 			(Long) Integer
54	59	Penetration				Double/Float
60	66	Part A Aged Rate 			Double (Currency)
67	73	Part B Aged Rate			Double (Currency)
74	81	Part A+B Aged Rate			Double (Currency)
83	87	Social Security State County Code	Character digits
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NOTES
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ELIGIBLES include Original Medicare Enrollees who were EVER enrolled
in EITHER part A or Part B or Both or those who are about to ATTAIN enrollment
whether or not they belong to Managed Care / Medicare Advantage

ENROLLEES include enrollees in any Managed Care plan

The Social Security State County CODE differs from the FIPS state county code
 
