What is the difference between Cash/Self and CHIP Eligible?

What is the difference between Cash/Self and CHIP Eligible?

What is the difference between Cash/Self and CHIP Eligible?

What is the difference between Cash/Self and CHIP Eligible? 150 150 Emergency Medical Services Agency

There is no difference as far as reimbursement goes. They are defined in the Trauma Data
Dictionary as follows:
Cash/Self: Individuals who are not insured and do not qualify for other funding source based on ability to pay in accordance with the hospital’s charity care policy, as determined by the hospital’s finance department. For County facilities this includes ATP (Ability to Pay).
Chip Eligible: Individuals who qualify for California Healthcare for Indigents Program which provides limited funds to compensate for patients who cannot afford to pay for services rendered and for whom payment will not be made through any private coverage or by any program funded in whole or in part by the State or Federal government including Medi-Cal or Victims of Crime.
Some Trauma Centers use both they enter either CHIP or Cash as the first payer, or use only Cash and some use only CHIP. Claims submitted are reimbursed if TEMIS has either CASH/Self or CHIP Eligible in any combination. Technically, all patients for whom claims are submitted should have CHIP Eligible as either the first or 2nd payer, but as long as no other payer is in TEMIS, the County will pay.