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MU00.@BFN2699.ESNDM212                                                  00020058
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NOTE TO: Shared System Coordinators, MEDICARE Coordinators              00050055
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SUBJECT: End-Stage Renal Disese (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) 00070055
         Pricer Release, Version 2021.2                                 00080058
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(February 17, 2021) --ACTION-- Corrected Network Fee Reduction          00100059
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This ESRD Pricer is PRODUCTION version 2021.2.                          00120058
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It includes the following changes/additions:                            00140055
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  - ESCAL212 - Replaces ESCAL211                                        00160058
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    - Corrected Network Fee Reduction                                   00180058
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  - ESDRV212 - Replaces ESDRV211                                        00210058
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    - New Driver Subprogram                                             00230055
    - Makes CALL to ESCAL212                                            00240058
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MU00.@BFN2699.ESNDM212, a partitioned data set (PDS) containing the     00290058
Version 2021.2 code is at the CMS Data Center for users to get by       00300058
Connect:Direct (Network DataMover).                                     00310055
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The 34 members listed below comprise the Pricer. The PDS only includes  00330055
members that changed or are new since the previous release.             00340055
The changed and new members are marked '**' and should be               00350055
used in conjunction with the current production Pricer files for        00360055
testing.                                                                00370055
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      NAME                                                              00400055
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     BASECBSA                                                           00420055
     BASERATE                                                           00430055
     BILLCPY                                                            00440057
     BUNDCBSA                                                           00450057
     DSCNTRL                                                            00460055
     ESBUN211                                                           00470057
     ESCAL056                                                           00480055
     ESCAL062                                                           00490055
     ESCAL070                                                           00500055
     ESCAL071                                                           00510055
     ESCAL080                                                           00520055
     ESCAL091                                                           00530055
     ESCAL100                                                           00540055
     ESCAL117                                                           00550055
     ESCAL122                                                           00560055
     ESCAL130                                                           00570055
     ESCAL140                                                           00580055
     ESCAL151                                                           00590055
     ESCAL160                                                           00600055
     ESCAL170                                                           00610055
     ESCAL171                                                           00620055
     ESCAL180                                                           00630055
     ESCAL191                                                           00640055
     ESCAL200                                                           00650055
     ESCAL202                                                           00660055
 **  ESCAL212                                                           00670058
     ESCHI151                                                           00680055
     ESCOM151                                                           00690055
 **  ESDRV212                                                           00700058
     ESWRT151                                                           00710055
 **  MANIFEST                                                           00720055
 **  README                                                             00730055
     RTCCPY                                                             00740055
     WAGECPY                                                            00750055
