Dividing the Determination into Coverage Periods

When a case worker views a determination, the Engine automatically divides up the case lifetime into a number of coverage periods. Each coverage period is a period within the determination where the following are constant:

The eligibility (yes/no);
The entitlement (which objectives, their targets and references, and their tag values); and
The decision details data (see Calculating and Displaying Decision Details).

Or, to put it another way, any change in eligibility, entitlement and/or decision details along the lifetime of the determination causes a new coverage period to come into effect on that date.

Note: A change in a key decision factor on a particular date does not in itself cause a new coverage period to start on that date.

Typically, though, the fact that there is a change to a key decision factor on that date tends to mean that the eligibility/entitlement and/or decision details are likely to change on that date, too (and the change in eligibility/entitlement and/or decision details will cause a new coverage period to start on that date).

The division of the determination into contiguous coverage periods occurs automatically on the Engine's standard screens for viewing a determination, and cannot be customized.