Record, TPA, bronze and silver
TPA-53733
Received 2026-10-03T08:15:30Z , line 9,181 of the TPA feed
TPARule
Bronze vs silver
Field by field: what arrived, what normalisation produced, and whether anything changed
| Field | Bronze (as received) | Silver (normalised) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| First name | Patel, Stephen | Stephen | Changed |
| Middle | — | — | Unchanged |
| Last name | — | Patel | Changed |
| Date of birth | 1961-07-20 | 1961-07-20 | Unchanged |
| Gender | F | F | Unchanged |
| Member ID | — | — | Unchanged |
| SSN | •••-••-1402 | •••-••-1402 | Unchanged |
| Phone | — | — | Unchanged |
| null | — | Cleared | |
| Address | 8076 HIGHLAND AVE·· | 8076 Highland Ave | Changed |
| City | Columbus | Columbus | Unchanged |
| State | OH | OH | Unchanged |
| ZIP | 43290-3066 | 43290 | Changed |
| Group | — | — | Unchanged |
| Plan | CHOICE-PLUS-PPO | CHOICE-PLUS-PPO | Unchanged |
- Quality score
- 0.54
- Name key
- stephen|patel
- Address key
- 8076|highland|43290
- Canonical first
- stephen
Quality flags
5 raised during normalisation
- Name split from “Last, First”First-name field held "LAST, FIRST"; the two parts were split into their own fields
- Street suffix standardisedStreet suffix standardised to USPS abbreviation (Street to St, Avenue to Ave, and so on)
- Address re-casedStreet line re-cased and punctuation removed
- ZIP+4 trimmedZIP+4 trimmed to the five-digit ZIP
- Placeholder values clearedPlaceholder tokens such as NULL, N/A, UNKNOWN or "-" treated as empty
Candidate pairs
Every scored comparison involving this record, highest score first
| Other record | Score | Method | Rule | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA-53732 | 0.97 | Rule | D2 ssn4 + dob + last name | Auto-linked |
| CLM-408491 | 0.97 | Rule | D2 ssn4 + dob + last name | Auto-linked |
Resolution
Linked 2026-10-19 19:54:36
- Identity
- MBR-045264
- Method
- Rule
- Confidence
- 0.97
- Rule
- D2 ssn4 + dob + last name
Golden record: Stephen Patel, 1961-07-20, 3 records, Verified
Evidence
Matched against CLM-408491
| Field | Similarity | Weight | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | 0.96 | 3.0 | |
| Date of birth | 1.00 | 3.0 | exact |
| SSN (last four) | 1.00 | 2.5 | |
| Address | 1.00 | 2.0 | exact |
Audit
5 hash-chained entries for this record
- Record linked automatically086a5a61402026-10-19 19:54:39, matching_agentidentity id MBR-045264, confidence 0.97, rule D2 ssn4 + dob + last name, method deterministic, matched record CLM-408491
- Record linked automaticallycece64bdca2026-10-19 19:52:09, matching_agentidentity id MBR-045264, confidence 0.97, rule D2 ssn4 + dob + last name, method deterministic, matched record CLM-408491
- Record linked automaticallya0d81e24f42026-10-19 19:45:42, matching_agentidentity id MBR-045264, confidence 0.97, rule D2 ssn4 + dob + last name, method deterministic, matched record CLM-408491
- Record linked automatically0a984037b62026-10-19 19:32:31, matching_agentidentity id MBR-045264, confidence 0.97, rule D2 ssn4 + dob + last name, method deterministic, matched record CLM-408491
- Record linked automatically79231e3e492026-10-19 19:31:28, matching_agentidentity id MBR-013914, confidence 0.97, rule D2 ssn4 + dob + last name, method deterministic, matched record CLM-408431