Begin date in idoc segment E1BEN07 basic type BENEFIT3 health plan IDOC

Question

I run tcode HRBEN0052, Idoc Data Transfer, for my health plans.  If my new health plan record (IT0167) does not have a change in the General plan data (plan type, benefit plan, health plan option, dependent coverage) the begin date value on segment E1BEN07 is not the begin date for the current IT0167 record but of the previous record where the general plan data is the same.  This causes a problem because the additional provider field (PROVI) value in the idoc is from the previous IT0167 record and not the current IT0167 record. 
Does anyone know why the current IT0167 begin date value is not included in the idoc when there are past IT0167 with the same general plan data?

Answer 1

Per SAP
+The current functionality is to combine multiple continuous records if
there is no difference in the records except the dates. If you want the
functionality to be different, you can try the following.
Inside the function module HR_BEN_IDOC_SEND, there is a call to
subroutine "fill_idoc_for_period"
Kindly change the call inside the subroutine "fill_idoc_for_period"
From
1. Read Plan Data
IF idoc_categ-healt = true.
PERFORM read_infty_health TABLES it0167
error_tab
USING subscriber
begda
endda
true
reaction
CHANGING subrc.
To
1. Read Plan Data
IF idoc_categ-healt = true.
PERFORM read_infty_health TABLES it0167
error_tab
USING subscriber
begda
endda
false
reaction
CHANGING subrc.
Please note however that this is a change in the standard and thus will
be considered consulting if an error occurs, which is not supported
by our services.+