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MU00.@BFN2699.ESNDM191
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NOTE TO: Shared System Coordinators, MEDICARE Coordinators

SUBJECT: End-Stage Renal Disese (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS)
         Pricer Release, Version 2019.1

(February 05, 2019) --ACTION-- Updates to CBSA Wage Index table


This ESRD Pricer release is a PRODUCTION version.

It includes the following changes/additions:

  - ESCAL191 - Replaces ESCAL190

    - New Calculation Subprogram


  - ESDRV191 - Replaces ESDRV190

    - New Driver Subprogram
    - Added CALL to ESCAL191


  - ESBUN191 - Replaces ESBUN190

    - COBOL copybook containing PPS CBSA Wage Index table
    - Updated


  - BUNDCBSA - Updated

    - Text copy of the PPS CBSA Wage Index table



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MU00.@BFN2699.ESNDM191, a partitioned data set (PDS) containing the
Version 2019.1 code is at the CMS Data Center for users to get by
Connect:Direct (Network DataMover).

The 31 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 for
testing.


      NAME
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     BASECBSA
     BASERATE
     BILLCPY
 **  BUNDCBSA
     DSCNTRL
 **  ESBUN191
     ESCAL056
     ESCAL062
     ESCAL070
     ESCAL071
     ESCAL080
     ESCAL091
     ESCAL100
     ESCAL117
     ESCAL122
     ESCAL130
     ESCAL140
     ESCAL151
     ESCAL160
     ESCAL170
     ESCAL171
     ESCAL180
 **  ESCAL191
     ESCHI151
     ESCOM151
 **  ESDRV191
     ESWRT151
 **  MANIFEST
 **  README
     RTCCPY
     WAGECPY
