transparency_provider_reference

A provider reference from a transparency file, which is the payer's named handle for a collection of provider groups. Prices point at sets of these rather than at providers directly.

Primary Key:

• transparency_file_id
• provider_group_id

Foreign Keys:

• transparency_file_id => transparency_file.transparency_file_id

Column	Data Type	Nullable	Indexed	Description
transparency_file_id	bigint	No	Yes	Link to the file this reference came from. Reference IDs are only unique within a file.
provider_group_id	bigint	No	Yes	The payer's ID for this reference. Named provider_group_id by the CMS schema even though it identifies a reference holding several groups.
network_name	text[]	Yes	No	Networks the payer lists this reference under, for example 'CO HMO BLUE PRIORITY'