Data Intake Processing

Data Intake is the process of receiving files from Group Customers for the purpose of importing data into the Oracle Insurance Policy Administration system (OIPA). The data in the files may result in many changes, including but not limited to the following:

• Adding a new member to the system
• Changing an Employee's elected coverage
• Adding a dependent to a coverage
• Enrolling a member and dependents
• Auto-cancelling coverage for a member
• Updating member information in the system

The insurance carrier's file receiving system will be responsible for handling incoming files that are submitted by Group Customers and prepare them for consumption by OIPA. Once the file is ready, the system will submit a request to OIPA to process a file, providing the unique file identifier.

Data Intake capability is built into OIPA Cycle. Each node that is receiving requests and processing files will be an instance of a cycle agent with Data Intake enabled. It uses the same proven pattern of Resumable and Runnable Tasks already implemented by Cycle and Scheduled Valuation.