capacity fee
cap_feeDefinition
ISO-11179 Definition
The administrative or service charge applied when a benefit plan, facility, or contract reaches its defined maximum volume or enrollment limit. Used in plan administration and contracting systems to track financial penalties or fees triggered by capacity threshold events.
Standard Abbreviation
cap_fee
Category
Production DDL — FACT_OPERATIONAL_EVENT
CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE FACT_OPERATIONAL_EVENT (
oprtnl_evnt_key INTEGER NOT NULL -- surrogate key,
evnt_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL -- source event identifier,
evnt_type_cd VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL -- event type code,
evnt_dt DATE NOT NULL -- event date,
evnt_ts TIMESTAMP -- event timestamp,
fac_id VARCHAR(20) -- facility identifier,
dept_cd VARCHAR(20) -- department code,
unit_cd VARCHAR(20) -- unit code,
mbr_id VARCHAR(20) -- member identifier,
prvdr_npi VARCHAR(10) -- provider NPI,
evnt_sts_cd VARCHAR(20) -- event status code,
evnt_sts_dt DATE -- status date,
capacity_cnt INTEGER -- capacity count,
utilztn_pct DECIMAL(5,2) -- utilization percentage,
rec_creat_dt TIMESTAMP NOT NULL -- record created date,
rec_updt_dt TIMESTAMP NOT NULL -- record updated date
);
Standard Snowflake DDL for the canonical operations table. Convert to BigQuery or Databricks →
Why This Term Matters
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