beneficiary start time

benf_start_tm

general

Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The beginning time value for a insurance coverage recipient. Used to track temporal information related to beneficiary start time. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for beneficiary management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

benf_start_tm

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  benf_start_tm VARCHAR(100),  -- beneficiary start time
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  benf_start_tm as beneficiary_start_time
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Healthcare data warehouse schema design and modeling
Interoperability and cross-system data exchange
ETL pipeline development and orchestration
Master data management (MDM) programs
Analytics and business intelligence reporting

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
beneficiary_start_time

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  beneficiary_start_time VARCHAR(255),  -- beneficiary start time
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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