Document Structure

This document is structured to take a building block approach toward the processing handled by the Cúram Eligibility and Entitlement Engine. The following is an overview of each subsequent chapter in the guide:

Chapter 2 - Cúram Eligibility and Entitlement Engine Overview
This chapter describes the modes of the eligibility and entitlement engine and provides a high level overview of the eligibility and entitlement process.
Chapter 3 - Original Eligibility and Entitlement Result
This chapter provides an overview of eligibility and entitlement processing where reassessment is not required. Reassessment is only required when there are existing decisions stored in the database for the eligibility and entitlement period. The first section in this chapter demonstrates how the eligibility and entitlement engine creates financial components. The second section demonstrates how the eligibility and entitlement engine creates secondary financial components. Secondary financial components are created for deductions. The third section provides an overview on financial component processing with multiple rules objectives assigned to a single case nominee; the fifth section provides an overview of financial component processing with multiple nominees assigned to a single rules objective. The final section demonstrates how the eligibility and entitlement engine passes temporary decision information to the rules engine as part of the decision making process.
Chapter 4 - Change in Circumstance
This chapter provides an overview of eligibility and entitlement processing where a change of circumstance has occurred and a reassessment is required. The first section in this chapter describes reassessment processing for a benefit case. The second section describes reassessment processing for a liability case. The third section in this chapter provides an overview of reassessment processing with multiple rules objectives assigned to a single nominee. The fourth section provides an overview of reassessment processing with multiple nominees assigned to a single rules objective. The fifth section in this chapter demonstrates how the eligibility and entitlement engine processes multiple reassessments. The final section demonstrates multiple reassessment processing with multiple rules objectives.