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MU00.@BFN2699.ESNDM171
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NOTE TO: Shared System Coordinators, MEDICARE Coordinators

SUBJECT: End-Stage Renal Disese (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS)
         Pricer Release, Version 2017.1
(March 22, 2017) --ACTION--refer to CMS Change Request (CR) 9609 & 10037

This ESRD Pricer release is the PRODUCTION version for the July 1, 2017
release.

It includes the following changes/additions:

  - ESCAL171  - New module

   - New Calculation Subprogram for July 1, 2017
   - CR 9609 & 10037
   - Implements condition code 87 to indicate Retraining


  - ESDRV171  - Replaces ESDRV170

    - This is the new Driver Subprogram for CY 2017.1
    - Added CALL to new ESCAL171 module


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A partitioned data set (PDS) of the Version 2017.1 code
(MU00.@BFN2699.ESNDM171) is at the CMS Data Center for users
to obtain by Connect:Direct (Network DataMover).

The 29 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
     ESBUN170
     ESCAL056
     ESCAL062
     ESCAL070
     ESCAL071
     ESCAL080
     ESCAL091
     ESCAL100
     ESCAL117
     ESCAL122
     ESCAL130
     ESCAL140
     ESCAL151
     ESCAL160
     ESCAL170
 **  ESCAL171
     ESCHI151
     ESCOM151
 **  ESDRV171
     ESWRT151
 **  MANIFEST
 **  README
     RTCCPY
     WAGECPY
