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MU00.@BFN2699.LTNDM202                                                  00020068
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TO: Shared System Coordinators, MEDICARE Coordinators                   00050064
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SUBJECT: Long-term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS)00070064
         Pricer Release, Version 20202                                  00080068
(April 8, 2020)  --ACTION-- refer to Change Request (CR) 11742 -        00090070
        Quarterly Update to the LTCH PPS Fiscal Year (FY) Pricer        00100070
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This LTCH Pricer release is the Production version.                     00110068
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It includes the following changes/additions:                            00130064
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- Added code to implement COVID-19 update                               00150070
  (LTCAL202)                                                            00160068
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- LTDRV202    ** Replaces LTDRV201 **                                   00190068
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   - CALL to LTCAL202 module                                            00210068
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- LTCAL202    ** Replaces LTCAL201 **                                   00240068
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   - Added code to implement the LTCH Disharge Payment Percentage (DPP) 00260064
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A partitioned data set (PDS) of the Version 20202 code                  00310068
(MU00.@BFN2699.LTNDM202) is at the CMS Data Center for users            00320068
to obtain by Connect:Direct (Network DataMover).                        00330064
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The 74 members listed below comprise the Pricer, but only the modules   00350064
that changed or are new since the previous release are included in the  00360064
PDS.  The changed and new members should be used in conjunction with    00370064
the current production Pricer files.                                    00380064
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      NAME                                                              00400064
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      BLEND152                                                          00420064
      IPDRG063                                                          00430064
      IPDRG071                                                          00440064
      IPDRG080                                                          00450064
      IPDRG090                                                          00460064
      IPDRG104                                                          00470064
      IPDRG110                                                          00480064
      IPDRG123                                                          00490064
      IPDRG130                                                          00500064
      IPDRG141                                                          00510064
      IPDRG152                                                          00520064
      IPDRG160                                                          00530064
      IPDRG170                                                          00540064
      IPDRG181                                                          00550064
      IPDRG190                                                          00560064
      IPDRG200                                                          00570068
      IPWIX200                                                          00580068
      IRFBN091                                                          00590064
      IRFBN102                                                          00600064
      IRFBN105                                                          00610064
      LTCAL032                                                          00620064
      LTCAL042                                                          00630064
      LTCAL043                                                          00640064
      LTCAL058                                                          00650064
      LTCAL059                                                          00660064
      LTCAL063                                                          00670064
      LTCAL064                                                          00680064
      LTCAL072                                                          00690064
      LTCAL075                                                          00700064
      LTCAL080                                                          00710064
      LTCAL087                                                          00720064
      LTCAL091                                                          00730064
      LTCAL094                                                          00740064
      LTCAL095                                                          00750064
      LTCAL103                                                          00760064
      LTCAL105                                                          00770064
      LTCAL111                                                          00780064
      LTCAL123                                                          00790064
      LTCAL130                                                          00800064
      LTCAL141                                                          00810064
      LTCAL152                                                          00820064
      LTCAL154                                                          00830064
      LTCAL162                                                          00840064
      LTCAL170                                                          00850064
      LTCAL183                                                          00860064
      LTCAL190                                                          00870064
      LTCAL202                                                          00880068
      LTDRG031                                                          00890064
      LTDRG041                                                          00900064
      LTDRG057                                                          00910064
      LTDRG062                                                          00920064
      LTDRG075                                                          00930064
      LTDRG080                                                          00940064
      LTDRG086                                                          00950064
      LTDRG093                                                          00960064
      LTDRG095                                                          00970064
      LTDRG100                                                          00980064
      LTDRG110                                                          00990064
      LTDRG123                                                          01000064
      LTDRG130                                                          01010064
      LTDRG141                                                          01020064
      LTDRG152                                                          01030064
      LTDRG160                                                          01040064
      LTDRG170                                                          01050064
      LTDRG180                                                          01060064
      LTDRG181                                                          01070064
      LTDRG190                                                          01080064
      LTDRG200                                                          01090068
      LTDRV202                                                          01100068
      LTMSA152                                                          01110064
      LTWIX200                                                          01120068
      MANIFEST                                                          01130064
      README                                                            01140064
      RUFL200                                                           01150068
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