============================================================================= Run Date: DEC 21, 2009 Designation: EAS*1*98 Package : EAS - ENROLLMENT APPLICATION SYSTEM Priority: EMERGENCY Version : 1 SEQ #78 Status: Released Compliance Date: DEC 31, 2009 ============================================================================= Subject: 2010 GMT THRESHOLDS Category: - Routine - Data Dictionary Description: ============ Per forthcoming VHA DIRECTIVE 2009-### (# to be assigned upon publication) - This patch MUST be installed before January 1, 2010. The patch is being released as an Emergency patch together with DG*5.3*818 (2010 Means Test Thresholds) and IB*2.0*425 (2010 RX Copay Thresholds) and may be installed out of sequence with respect to other released Enrollment Application System (EAS) patches. Please Note: We expect the VHA Directive to be titled MEANS TEST AND GEOGRAPHIC-BASED MEANS TEST THRESHOLDS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2010. In order to provide adequate time for sites to install, Central Business Office has agreed that these patches may be released prior to availability of the actual Directive Number. The Geographic-Based Means Test Thresholds for Calendar Year 2010 provided in forthcoming VHA DIRECTIVE 2009-###, MEANS TEST AND GEOGRAPHIC-BASED MEANS TEST THRESHOLDS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2010 are distributed with this patch. The updated values for the GMT THRESHOLDS file (#712.5) are used in the determination of a veteran's GMT Threshold for a given income year, based on locality and number of dependents. Geographical income level thresholds are set yearly by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. This large set of income thresholds is usually referred to as the HUD index. The geographic based income limits for Income Year (IY) 2009 can be found January 1, 2010 at: http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/Library/pubs/GMTIncomeThresholds/ This patch, EAS*1.0*98, is one of three VistA 2010 Threshold patches. It addresses the annual updates for the GMT Thresholds. Patch DG*5.3*818 will update the thresholds for the Means Tests and the Maximum Annual Pension Rate. Patch IB*2.0*425 will address the annual updates for the Pharmacy Copay Thresholds. Please Note: This year, only the GMT Threshold dollar amounts will be increasing from a year ago. All other dollar amounts and rates will remain the same as the corresponding figures from last year. Patches for the Registration and Integrated Billing packages are still needed in order to link the figures to Calendar Year 2010/Income Year 2009. SOFTWARE RETRIEVAL ================== The software is not being distributed through the National Patch Module. It is being distributed as a host file which will contain the following three KIDS builds: Host file name: DG_53_P818.KID Builds: DG*5.3*818 EAS*1.0*98 IB*2.0*425 Sites may retrieve the software directly using File Transfer Protocol (FTP) from the ANONYMOUS.SOFTWARE directory at the following OI Field Offices: Albany : ftp.fo-albany.med.va.gov Hines : ftp.fo-hines.med.va.gov Salt Lake City : ftp.fo-slc.med.va.gov First Available Server : download.vista.med.va.gov The following file will be available: File Name Description --------- ----------- DG_53_P818.KID Host File containing KIDS software distribution Note: Use ASCII mode when transferring the .KID file. This patch addresses the following New Service Request (NSR): ------------------------------------------------------------- There is no NSR associated with this patch. This patch addresses the following NOIS/Remedy ticket(s): --------------------------------------------------------- There are no NOIS/Remedy tickets associated with this patch. TEST SITES: =========== Charleston VAMC (Medium) Birmingham VAMC (Large) Upstate NY HCS (Integrated) Puget Sound HCS (Integrated) ================ INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ================= The components sent with this patch, EAS*1.0*98, have been included in the host file DG_53_P818.KID. Please follow the instructions listed in the Installation Instructions section of the patch description for patch DG*5.3*818. COMPONENTS SENT WITH PATCH -------------------------- The following data dictionary is included in this patch: UP SEND DATA USER DATE SEC. COMES SITE RSLV OVER FILE # NAME DD CODE W/FILE DATA PTS RIDE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 712.5 GMT THRESHOLDS NO NO YES OVER YES NO Total number of data dictionaries - 1 Following is a list of the routines included in the EAS patch. The second line of each of these routine(s) will look like: ;;1.0;ENROLLMENT APPLICATION SYSTEM;**[Patch List]**;MAR 15,2001;[Build #] Routine Information: ==================== The checksums below are new checksums, and can be checked with CHECK1^XTSUMBLD. Routine Name: EAS1098P Before: n/a After: B907783 **98** ============================================================================= User Information: Entered By : DESMOND,LINDA Date Entered : OCT 22, 2009 Completed By: RUDINGER,NANCY L. Date Completed: DEC 18, 2009 Released By : FRANCE,KATHI Date Released : DEC 21, 2009 ============================================================================= Packman Mail Message: ===================== No routines included