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MU00.@BFN2699.ESNDM160
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NOTE TO: Shared System Coordinators, MEDICARE Coordinators

SUBJECT: End-Stage Renal Disese (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS)
         Pricer Release, Version 20160
(November 18, 2015)  --ACTION--refer to CMS change request CR #9367

This ESRD Pricer release is the PRODUCTION version for the January 2016
CY 2016 release.

It includes the following changes/additions:


  - BUNDCBSA     - Replaces the previous BUNDCBSA
                 - This is a text file containing the PPS Wage Index
                 - Added records effective 01/01/2016

  - ESBUN160     - Replaces ESBUN151
                 - This is a COBOL copybook containing PPS Wage Index
                 - Added records effective 01/01/2016

  - ESCAL160     - New module
                 - This is the new Calculation Subprogram for CY 2016
                 - Implements CR9367

  - ESDRV160     - Replaces ESDRV151
                 - This is the new Driver Subprogram for CY 2016
                 - Added CALL to new ESCAL160 module
                 - Stopped using 0400-CHECK-CBSA-ADDS-DELETES.


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A partitioned data set (PDS) of the Version 20160 code
(MU00.@BFN2699.ESNDM160) is at the CMS Data Center for users
to obtain by Connect:Direct (Network DataMover).

The 27 members listed below comprise the Pricer. The PDS only includes
members that changed or are new since the previous release.
The changed and new members are marked '**' and should be
used in conjunction with the current production Pricer files.


      NAME
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     BASECBSA
     BASERATE
     BILLCPY
 **  BUNDCBSA
     DSCNTRL
 **  ESBUN160
     ESCAL056
     ESCAL062
     ESCAL070
     ESCAL071
     ESCAL080
     ESCAL091
     ESCAL100
     ESCAL117
     ESCAL122
     ESCAL130
     ESCAL140
     ESCAL151
 **  ESCAL160
     ESCHI151
     ESCOM151
 **  ESDRV160
     ESWRT151
 **  MANIFEST
 **  README
     RTCCPY
     WAGECPY
