--- schema_version: "1" id: a0eb9f8fd9c467e25875bbd307951fb7f1790fc94d11d189c806e420e514d75d title: Health Insurance collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/health_cloud_object_reference/hc_membership_data_model.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/hc_membership_data_model.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 5b5b4722675929eb4456a528162c21ffa7827d6756e8ac0bdb5da2216a0cd925 description: The health insurance data model provides objects for managing the ways care is paid for. It represents information about participants such as employment, insurance coverage, and dependents. You can manage details of the benefits provided by plans to members and treatment preauthorization requests made by members or providers. --- # Health Insurance The health insurance data model provides objects for managing the ways care is paid for. It represents information about participants such as employment, insurance coverage, and dependents. You can manage details of the benefits provided by plans to members and treatment preauthorization requests made by members or providers. Ensure that the Health Cloud managed package is installed in your org as the package contains fields on standard objects used by the health insurance data model. The health insurance data model includes standard objects and record types. You need the Health Cloud Platform permission set license to create, edit, and delete records in the data model. ![Health insurance data model entity-relationship diagram](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/dev_guides/healthcare_api/images/health_insurance_claims_datamodel.png) - **[CarePreauth](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/sforce_api_objects_carepreauth.htm)** Represents the details of preauthorizations for care under a member’s plan. - **[CarePreauthItem](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/sforce_api_objects_carepreauthitem.htm)** Represents the details of items included in a preauthorization for care under a member’s plan. - **[CoverageBenefit for Health Insurance](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/sforce_api_hi_objects_coveragebenefit.htm)** Represents the benefits provided to a covered member by a purchaser’s plan. - **[CoverageBenefitItem for Health Insurance](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/sforce_api_hi_objects_coveragebenefititem.htm)** Represents a service covered by the insurance plan. - **[Member](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/health_member.htm)** A member is a person who is the primary subscriber, a dependent, or anyone else who is covered under the insurance plan. - **[MemberPlan](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/sforce_api_objects_memberplan.htm)** Represents details about the insurance coverage for a member or subscriber. - **[Payer](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/health_payer.htm)** A payer is a health insurance company that helps cover the cost of member care. payer is represented by records on the Account object. - **[PlanBenefit](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/sforce_api_objects_planbenefit.htm)** Represents the standard benefits available under a plan that the purchaser offers to their members. - **[PlanBenefitItem](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/sforce_api_objects_planbenefititem.htm)** Represents the details of a benefit available under a purchaser’s plan that is offered to their members. - **[Purchaser](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/health_purchaser.htm)** A purchaser is the organization (an employer) that is providing medical insurance plans for their members (employees). - **[Purchaser Group](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/health_purchaser_group.htm)** A purchaser group is a subset of the purchaser. For example, your company may have individual employee groups in different regions of the country. Each purchaser group can have separate options for insurance plans. - **[Purchaser Group Member Association](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/health_purchaser_group_member_association.htm)** An association that records the members who belong to a purchaser group. This association is represented by records on the AccountContactRelation object. - **[PurchaserPlan](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/sforce_api_objects_purchaserplan.htm)** Represents the payer plan that a purchaser makes available to its members and members’ dependents. - **[PurchaserPlanAssn](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/sforce_api_objects_purchaserplanassn.htm)** Represents a junction object that associates the purchaser to the plans they offer to members. - **[Purchaser Payer Association](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/health_purchaser_payer_association.htm)** An association that records the purchasers who purchase plans from payers. This association is represented by records on the AccountAccountRelation object.