$TXT Created by HARPER,AMY R at DEVFEX.FO-ALBANY.MED.VA.GOV (KIDS) on Tuesday, 04/29/03 at 18:59 ============================================================================= Run Date: MAY 19, 2003 Designation: IB*2*169 Package : IB - INTEGRATED BILLING Priority: Mandatory Version : 2 SEQ #192 Status: Released Compliance Date: JUN 19, 2003 ============================================================================= Associated patches: (v)IB*2*148 <<= must be installed BEFORE `IB*2*169' Subject: REASONABLE CHARGES 1.4 Category: - Routine - Other Description: ============ The primary purpose of this patch is to update the Integrated Billing Charge Master to allow the upload and use of Reasonable Charges v1.4. The loading of Reasonable Charges is a two step process. First, this patch must be installed, then the charges must be uploaded into your Charge Master. The instructions for the charge upload step are included in this description, after the patch Installation Instructions. Note that there was no version 1.3 of Reasonable Charges. The last released version was version 1.2 effective on 05/08/01. The following are the specific enhancements included in this patch: o Added the capability to load Reasonable Charges version 1.4. o The 9 Reasonable Charges Host Files are named: 'IBRC0304x.TXT' w/x=A-I o The effective date of Reasonable Charges version 1.4 is 04/29/03. o There are 10 CPT codes that have Outpatient Facility charges that may only be billed at specific sites. These sites generally correspond to sites that perform Inpatient Hospital care. The charges for these CPT codes will only be loaded for the appropriate sites. The 10 CPT codes are: 99201, 99202, 99203, 99204, 99205, 99211, 99212, 99213, 99214, 99215 All sites that have Inpatient Facility charges will receive the Outpatient Facility charge for these 10 CPT codes except the following 7 sites: 463 - ANCHORAGE, AK, 512PB - PERRY POINT PRRTP, MD, 550PA - DANVILLE PRRTP, IL, 691A4 - SEPULVEDA, CA, 692 - WHITE CITY, OR, 756 - EL PASO, TX, 757 - COLUMBUS, OH o After RC v1.1, Modifier 26 was automatically added to certain CPT codes on professional bills. - 75952, 75953, have been added to the list of CPT codes that are automatically assigned Modifier 26 for version 1.4 only. These two codes will not automatically receive modifier 26 before 04/29/03. o Laboratory charges are calculated as Physician charges. However, many Laboratory procedures should normally be billed on the UB-92 as Facility charges. Therefore, during the upload and after all charges for a site have been calculated, most RC v1.4 charges for procedures in the 8xxxx range will be transferred from the Physician Charge Sets to the Outpatient Facility Charge Sets. This will cause the default billing form for these codes to be the UB-92. Some Laboratory charges for consults and other professional services will remain in the Physician Charge Sets. The following list are the 91 8xxxx procedures that will not be transferred. The default billing form for these codes will continue to be the HCFA 1500: 80500 80502 83020 83912 84165 84181 84182 85060 85097 85390 85576 86077 86078 86079 86255 86256 86320 86325 86327 86334 87164 87207 88000-88130 88141 88160-88162 88172-88182 88291 88300-88372 89060-89105 89130-89141 o The Charge upload has been modified to add the Inactivation Date of a version as the Inactivation Date of all loaded charges, if it is known. - RC v1 Charges will have an inactivation date of 11/01/00. - RC v1.1 Charges will have an inactivation date of 05/07/01. - RC v1.2 Charges will have an inactivation date of 04/28/03. o When installed, this patch will update the Revenue Code - CPT links used to assign Revenue Codes to CPT charges on bills. o When installed, this patch will automatically delete any Charge Sets that have no charges assigned. (Except Charge Sets of VA Cost Type.) o When installed, this patch will automatically add an inactivation date to all Reasonable Charges entries in the Charge Master. This will ensure that charges are not used after they have been replaced by a new version. - RC v1 Charges will have an inactivation date of 11/01/00. - RC v1.1 Charges will have an inactivation date of 05/07/01. - RC v1.2 Charges will have an inactivation date of 04/28/03. The result will be no billable Reasonable Charges for care on or after 04/29/03. Until, the second step of this patch is completed, and new RC v1.4 charges are loaded. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: ====================== There are no E3R or NOIS messages associated with this patch. This patch contains 10 routines, 3 are Post Init routines (IBYPPH*). The Post-Init will perform the following 4 tasks: o Delete all entries in the BILLING REVENUE CODE LINKS file (#363.33) o Add new entries in the BILLING REVENUE CODE LINKS file (#363.33) o Inactivate all Reasonable Charges entries in the Charge Master Charge Item file (#363.2). o Deletes Charge Sets in the Charge Master that have no associated Charge Items. INSTALLATION: ============= If installed during the normal work day it is recommended that the following menu options (File #19) be disabled to prevent possible conflicts while running the KIDS Install. Other VISTA users will not be affected. Enter/Edit Billing Information [IB EDIT BILLING INFO] Enter/Edit Charge Master [IBCR DISPLAY CHARGE MASTER] Print Charge Master [IBCR REPORTS FOR CHARGE MASTER] Load Host File into Charge Master [IBCR HOST FILE LOAD] Install Time should be less than 25 minutes, however this will be variable. The post-init loops though the Charge Master Charge file assigning inactive dates to all Reasonable Charges Charge Items. Therefore the time required will depend on how many Reasonable Charges sets are defined on your system. ======================= INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ======================= 1. LOAD TRANSPORT GLOBAL --------------------- Choose the PackMan message containing this patch and invoke the INSTALL/CHECK MESSAGE PackMan option. 2. DISABLE ROUTINE MAPPING (DSM for Open VMS sites only) ----------------------- Disable routine mapping on all systems for the routines listed in step 3 below. NOTE: If the routines included in this patch are not currently in your mapped routine set, please skip this step. 3. ROUTINES SENT WITH PATCH ------------------------ The following is a list of the routines included in this patch. The second line of each of these routines now looks like: ;;2.0;INTEGRATED BILLING;**[patch list]**;21-MAR-94 CHECK^XTSUMBLD results Routine name Before Patch After Patch Patch List ============ ============ =========== ========== IBCRHBR3 17905269 18086963 106,138,148,169 IBCRHBR5 5975002 6351444 106,138,148,169 IBCRHBR6 21370972 21240317 106,138,148,169 IBCRHBRA 3899872 4040350 138,169 IBCRHBRB N/A 2881805 169 IBCRHBRV 12962701 15843467 148,169 IBCU73 6508062 6991598 138,51,148,169 IBYPPH N/A 2062570 169 IBYPPH1 N/A 2835210 169 IBYPPH2 N/A 7241246 169 Number of Routines = 10 4. START UP KIDS ------------- Start up the Kernel Installation and Distribution System Menu [XPD MAIN]: Edits and Distribution ... Utilities ... Installation ... Select Kernel Installation & Distribution System Option: INStallation --- Load a Distribution Print Transport Global Compare Transport Global to Current System Verify Checksums in Transport Global Install Package(s) Restart Install of Package(s) Unload a Distribution Backup a Transport Global Select Installation Option: 5. Select Installation Option: --------------------------- NOTE: The following are OPTIONAL - (When prompted for the INSTALL NAME, enter IB*2.0*169): a. Backup a Transport Global - This option will create a backup message of any routines exported with this patch. It will not backup any other changes such as DD's or templates. b. Compare Transport Global to Current System - This option will allow you to view all changes that will be made when this patch is installed. It compares all components of this patch (routines, DD's, templates, etc.). c. Verify Checksums in Transport Global - This option will allow you to ensure the integrity of the routines that are in the transport global. 6. Select Installation Option: Install Package(s) ---------------- **This is the step to start the installation of this KIDS patch: a. Choose the Install Package(s) option to start the patch install. b. When prompted 'Want KIDS to INHIBIT LOGONs during the install? YES//' answer No. c. When prompted 'Want to DISABLE Scheduled Options, Menu Options, and Protocols? YES//' answer YES. d. When prompted 'Enter options you wish to mark as 'Out Of Order':' Enter the following options: Enter/Edit Billing Information [IB EDIT BILLING INFO] Enter/Edit Charge Master [IBCR DISPLAY CHARGE MASTER] Print Charge Master [IBCR REPORTS FOR CHARGE MASTER] Load Host File into Charge Master [IBCR HOST FILE LOAD] e. When prompted 'Enter protocols you wish to mark as 'Out Of Order': press . 7. REBUILD MAPPED ROUTINES(S) (DSM for Open VMS sites only) -------------------------- Optional - Include the routines distributed with this patch in the mapped routine set. NOTE: This step is only necessary if you performed step 2 or if you wish to include the routines in your mapped set. 8. CLEAN UP POST INIT ROUTINE -------------------------- Optional - Once this patch has been successfully installed you may delete the post init routines: IBYPPH* 9. RETRIEVE REASONABLE CHARGES V1.4 HOST FILES ------------------------------------------- The 9 RC v1.4 charge host files must be obtained from one of the Anonymous Directories, in ASCII format (IBRC0304x.TXT w x=A-I). See the Reasonable Charges v1.4 Upload Instructions below. 10. UPLOAD REASONABLE CHARGES V1.4 ------------------------------ Load charges for every division that has care billed at your site. See the Reasonable Charges v1.4 Upload Instructions below. ============== Reasonable Charges v1.4 Upload Instructions ============== After patch installation, the RC v1.4 charges for each division billed at a site will need to be loaded into the Charge Master. The charges for each division will require approximately 1.1-1.3Mb of disk space. Files Required for Upload: ========================== The charge files are available on the following CIO Field Offices' Anonymous.Software directories. Use the appropriate FTP capability to retrieve the files (ASCII). OI FIELD OFFICE FTP ADDRESS DIRECTORY =============== =========== ========= ALBANY ftp.fo-albany.med.va.gov anonymous.software HINES ftp.fo-hines.med.va.gov anonymous.software SALT LAKE ftp.fo-slc.med.va.gov anonymous.software FIRST AVAILABLE SERVER download.vista.med.va.gov anonymous.software The Reasonable Charge v1.4 Host Files, effective 04/29/03: IBRC0304A.TXT Inpatient Facility Charges (DRG) IBRC0304B.TXT Inpatient Facility Charge Area Factors IBRC0304C.TXT Outpatient Facility Charges (CPT) IBRC0304D.TXT Outpatient Facility Charge Area Factors IBRC0304E.TXT Physician Charges (CPT) IBRC0304F.TXT Physician Charges, Anesthesia (CPT) IBRC0304G.TXT Physician Charges, Total RVUs Only (CPT) IBRC0304H.TXT Physician Charge Area Factors IBRC0304I.TXT Physician Charge Area Factors, Total RVU's Only Upload Instructions: ==================== Step 1: Get Host Files ----------------------- Retrieve the 9 Reasonable Charges v1.4 Host Files in ASCII format (see previous section). Step 2: Determine Divisions ---------------------------- Use the Print Charge Master [IBCR REPORTS FOR CHARGE MASTER] option and print the Billing Region Report to find out which Billing Regions and Divisions have charges loaded onto your system. These are the divisions that will need new charges loaded. Step 3: Run Upload Process --------------------------- Use the Load Host File into Charge Master [IBCR HOST FILE LOAD] option to load Reasonable Charges onto your system for every division for which care is billed at your site Step 4: Select 1.3 - Load RC into XTMP --------------------------------------- This loads the Host Files into temporary storage and calculates charges for individual divisions. - If there are no previously existing host files loaded it will ask which version of Reasonable Charges to load. Select 1.4 - If there exists any charges previously calculated for a division they will be displayed. It will ask if they should be deleted. Select Yes - delete the previously calculated charges. - If there exists any previously loaded host files for an RC version they will be displayed. It will ask if they should be deleted. * Select Yes, only if the files are not for the correct version. * Select No if the files are IBCR0304x.TXT and you are loading RC v1.4 Select Division: select the division number to load charges for. This should correspond to the Divisions associated with the Billing Regions determined previously. Step 5: Select 3 - Check Data Validity --------------------------------------- This is optional, but it is suggested that it be run at least once, for the first division loaded. If the resulting report has any Line Data Errors then check that the latest version of CPT and DRG has been installed. Step 6: Select 4 - Load into Charge Master ------------------------------------------ Moves the charges calculated in selection 1.3 to permanent storage in the Charge Master. The results report should match the examples below. Step 7: Repeat steps 4-6 for each Division needed ------------------------------------------------- Steps 4-6 must be repeated for each division billed at your site. Refer to the Divisions that already have charges assigned using the Billing Region Report determined previously. In most cases, simply using the above options for loading Reasonable Charges will result in the correct set up in the Charge Master. o Option 1.3, selection 1.4, to calculate RC v1.4 charges for a division o Option 4 to load those calculated charges into the Charge Master permanent files. However, if you are loading charges for a new site or a site that may have changed it's division number then extra care is needed to ensure the set up of the Charge Master is correct. Following sections provide some additional information about the upload. Example Reasonable Charges v1.4 Upload Summary Report (CBOC): ------------------------------------------------------------- Loading Reasonable Charges v1.4 (step 6 above), for any division with Outpatient Care only, should always result in a summary with these exact numbers: IB Upload Summary Report Charge Items Loaded into the Charge Master IBCR UPLOAD RC 437GA GRAFTON, ND Opt Fac 5189 of 5189 records checked, 0 duplicates, 0 with $=0 0 line/data errors or warnings found for a 0% error rate. 5189 entries added to the Charge Set RC-OPT FAC 437GA. Phys Fee E 6204 of 6204 records checked, 0 duplicates, 0 with $=0 0 line/data errors or warnings found for a 0% error rate. 6204 entries added to the Charge Set RC-PHYSICIAN 437GA. Phys Fee F 257 of 257 records checked, 0 duplicates, 0 with $=0 0 line/data errors or warnings found for a 0% error rate. 257 entries added to the Charge Set RC-PHYSICIAN 437GA. Phys Fee G 207 of 207 records checked, 0 duplicates, 0 with $=0 0 line/data errors or warnings found for a 0% error rate. 207 entries added to the Charge Set RC-PHYSICIAN 437GA. Note that the summary description of the possible errors at the end of the report does not indicate an error occurred. They are information only. If an error occurs, it will be associated with the subfile and line where the error occurred. Example Reasonable Charges v1.4 Upload Summary Report (Inpatient Site): ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Loading Reasonable Charges v1.4 (step 6 above), for any division that provides Inpatient Care, should always result in a summary with these exact numbers, with the following exception: o Seven Divisions will receive only 5189 Outpatient Facility Charges rather than 5199. These are the 10 E&M facility charges available to all Inpatient Facilities except 463, 512PB, 550PA, 691A4, 692, 756, 757. IB Upload Summary Report of Charge Items Loaded into the Charge Master IBCR UPLOAD RC 528 BUFFALO, NY Inpt Fac Anc 528 of 528 records checked, 0 duplicates, 18 with $=0 0 line/data errors or warnings found for a 0% error rate. 510 entries added to the Charge Set RC-INPT ANC 528. Inpt Fac R&B 528 of 528 records checked, 0 duplicates, 18 with $=0 0 line/data errors or warnings found for a 0% error rate. 510 entries added to the Charge Set RC-INPT R&B 528. Inpt SNF 2 of 2 records checked, 0 duplicates, 0 with $=0 0 line/data errors or warnings found for a 0% error rate. 2 entries added to the Charge Set RC-SNF 528. Opt Fac 5199 of 5199 records checked, 0 duplicates, 0 with $=0 0 line/data errors or warnings found for a 0% error rate. 5199 entries added to the Charge Set RC-OPT FAC 528. Phys Fee E 6204 of 6204 records checked, 0 duplicates, 0 with $=0 0 line/data errors or warnings found for a 0% error rate. 6204 entries added to the Charge Set RC-PHYSICIAN 528. Phys Fee F 257 of 257 records checked, 0 duplicates, 0 with $=0 0 line/data errors or warnings found for a 0% error rate. 257 entries added to the Charge Set RC-PHYSICIAN 528. Phys Fee G 207 of 207 records checked, 0 duplicates, 0 with $=0 0 line/data errors or warnings found for a 0% error rate. 207 entries added to the Charge Set RC-PHYSICIAN 528. ======= Reasonable Charges Upload General Information and Criteria ======= o Versions of Reasonable Charges: v1, v1.1, v1.2, v1.4. There was no v1.3 of Reasonable Charges. o Reasonable Charges v1 Host files are named: 'IBRCVx.TXT' w/x=A-I Reasonable Charges v1.1 Host files are named: 'IBRC0011x.TXT' w/x=A-I Reasonable Charges v1.2 Host files are named: 'IBRC0105x.TXT' w/x=A-I Reasonable Charges v1.4 Host files are named: 'IBRC0304x.TXT' w/x=A-I o The effective date of Reasonable Charges v1 is 09/01/99. The effective date of Reasonable Charges v1.1 is 11/02/00. The effective date of Reasonable Charges v1.2 is 05/08/01. The effective date of Reasonable Charges v1.4 is 04/29/03. o The Host files for all versions of Reasonable Charges are still available, with instructions provided in the associated patches: Reasonable Charge v1 released in patch IB*2*106 Reasonable Charge v1.1 released in patch IB*2*138 Reasonable Charge v1.2 released in patch IB*2*148 Reasonable Charge v1.4 released in patch IB*2*169 o The Host files contain charges for all geographic areas in the country, except version 1 which contained charges only for those areas where a VA site existed. o The versions of Reasonable Charges must be loaded in version order. o For a division, the same Charge Sets in the Charge Master must be used for the charges from each version of Reasonable Charges. o Each division must be assigned to the correct Billing Region, based on the divisions physical location. o Charges will be uploaded with an inactivation date, if one exists for the version. o After loading a set of Reasonable Charges into the Charge Master, any remaining RC Charge Sets that have no Charges assigned will be deleted. General Upload Instructions: ---------------------------- Retrieve the 9 Reasonable Charges Host Files in ASCII format for the version desired. Use the Print Charge Master [IBCR REPORTS FOR CHARGE MASTER] option and print the Billing Region Report to find out which Billing Regions and Divisions have charges loaded onto your system. Use the Load Host File into Charge Master [IBCR HOST FILE LOAD] option to load Reasonable Charges onto your system for every division for which care is billed at your site: 1.3 Load RC into XTMP Load the host files and calculate the charges for a division at your site. Possible Selections: 1 Reasonable Charges version 1 1.1 Reasonable Charges version 1.1 1.2 Reasonable Charges version 1.2 1.4 Reasonable Charges version 1.4 2 Assign Charge Set Assign or re-assign the charges calculated to the correct Charge Sets. This option is only needed if the Charges calculated are assigned to a Division number in the new version that is different than the Division number used in previous versions of RC. 3 Check Data Validity Runs through the load into the Charge Master without actually making any changes, and reports any problems found. 4 Load into Charge Master Load the updated charges into the Charge Master for the site requested. 5 Delete XTMP files Deletes all temporary files created for the upload process. This selection is optional. All temporary files are deleted automatically after 2 days. In most cases, simply using the above options for loading Reasonable Charges will result in the correct set up in the Charge Master. o Option 1.3, to calculate charges for a division o Option 4 to load those calculated charges into the Charge Master permanent files. However, if you are loading charges for a new site or a site that may have changed it's division number then extra care is needed to ensure the set up of the Charge Master is correct. Following sections provide some additional information about the upload. Loading Reasonable Charges in Version Order: -------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT: The versions of Reasonable Charges must be loaded in order. Reasonable Charges v1 should be loaded first, then v1.1, then v1.2, then v1.4. In most cases, this will be automatic since a site should have previous versions of Reasonable Charges already loaded on their system for all the required divisions. If this order is not preserved, messages will be displayed when a site is chosen for charge calculation. For a particular site, RC v1 should never be loaded after RC v1.1, and RC v1.1 should never be loaded after RC v1.2. Only if a division will never have billable care provided before the effective date of one of the versions should that version be loaded without first loading the previous version(s). If a new division needs charges then use the first date the division will provide billable care and the following to determine which versions of Reasonable Charges need to be loaded for the division: o Division will provide care before 11/02/00, load: v1, v1.1, v1.2, v1.4 o Division will not provide care before 11/02/00, load: v1.1, v1.2, v1.4 o Division will not provide care before 05/08/01, load: v1.2, v1.4 o Division will not provide care before 04/29/03, load: v1.4 To preserve the correct date range a version applies to, Reasonable Charges are uploaded with an inactivation date assigned to each charge, if one is known. o RC v1 Charges will have an inactivation date of 11/01/00. o RC v1.1 Charges will have an inactivation date of 05/07/01. o RC v1.2 Charges will have an inactivation date of 04/28/03. Identifying Charges for a Site in the Host Files: ------------------------------------------------ Professional and Outpatient Facility charges for all geographic regions in the country are provided in the Host Charge Files for all versions of Reasonable Charges, except v1. The charges in the Host Files are identified by site numbers. The charges associated with those site numbers correspond to the charges appropriate to the Billing Region that contains the site location. o If a VA site does not exist within a region, then that region's charges are identified in the Host files by a temporary fake division number starting with a 9 (902X1-FACILITY AT ZIP CODE 996). o Many new or proposed sites did not have a final official division number assigned when the charge files were completed. Therefore, some sites are identified using a temporary fake division number containing an 'X' (405X1-BERLIN, NH). After the charge calculation is complete, if the site did not have a valid division number assigned, then the user will be asked for the correct valid division number and potentially for the correct valid division name. If a new division number/name is not entered at this point, then it may be corrected at any time using the Enter/Edit Charge Master [IBCR DISPLAY CHARGE MASTER] option. Updating Charges for Existing Billing Regions/Divisions: -------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT: For a division, the same Charge Sets in the Charge Master must be used for the charges from each version of Reasonable Charges (v1, v1.1, v1.2, v1.4). In most cases this is automatic. The only instances where a correction is required is if division numbers changed from one version to the next. When calculating Reasonable Charges for a division, Charge Sets will be assigned to those calculations based on the division selected. These Charge Sets may be newly created if there are no existing charges for the division in the Charge Master or they may be previously existing Charge Sets. If there are already charges on a system for a division, then it is important that the same Charge Sets are used to load RC v1.4 charges. These Charge Sets are identified by the division number originally loaded in RC v1, v1.1, or v1.2. In most cases, this will be automatic since the division number for a site has not been changed, so the same division number was used in each version. In this case, no changes will be required. However, if a site has changed division numbers, then either all version charges for both division numbers must be uploaded or the charges to be uploaded have to be re-assigned to the existing Charge Sets by using the option Assign Charge Set (2), within Load Host File into Charge Master [Load Host File into Charge Master] option. This must be done before step 4 - loading the charges into the Charge Master. For Example: Albany, NY was exported under division 500 in RC v1. Albany has now been integrated and has a new division number, 528A8. When the RC v1.4 charges are loaded for Albany, they must use the same Charge Sets that currently exist on their systems. o The Legacy system still uses the 500-Albany Charge Sets. Therefore, the RC v1.4 charges must be loaded into these sets. o The Integrated system uses the 528A8-Albany Charge Sets. Therefore, the RC v1.4 charges must be loaded into these sets. During the upload process in option 1.3, there are two points that indicate if existing Charge Sets are used or new ones created. After selecting a division to calculate charges, a notice will be printed indicating if the division does not appear to have previous versions loaded. Also, when calculating the charges, it displays which charges are being calculated and which Charge Sets will be used for those charges. All previously existing divisions should indicate that an existing Charge Set is being used, not that a new Charge Set was added. If this is not the case, then re-assign the charges to the correct Charge Sets. If unsure of which Charge Sets to use, contact National Vista Support for assistance. New Divisions/CBOCs: -------------------- When new divisions are opened, the charges needed for that division are determined by the zip code of the physical location of the new division. If unsure of which set of rates to use for a new division, contact National Vista Support for assistance. Loading and Assigning Charges for a Specific Division: ------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT: Each division must be assigned to the correct Billing Region, based on the divisions location. This is automatic if each division has it's own set of charges loaded. The only instance where user interaction is required is when one region is assigned multiple divisions. Reasonable Charges is specific to geographic areas or regions. Each division billed by the site must be assigned the correct charges based on it's physical location. o When charges are loaded for a specific division, a Billing Region is created with that division as the primary division. o For Outpatient Facility and Professional charges the geographic area of the Billing Region is defined by the primary divisions 3-digit zip code. o All sites within the same 3-digit zip code may use the same set of Reasonable Charges. This may be accomplished by loading one set of charges for the region and then assigning all divisions within that 3-digit zip code to the Billing Region. o If a division has been assigned to a Billing Region in the Charge Master and it is not the primary division for that region, then charges do not need to be loaded for it. The primary divisions charges should be loaded instead. o If a division has charges loaded and is also assigned as a division to another Billing Region, then the division will have two sets of charges assigned. This will result in each item being billed two charges on each claim. o The divisions assigned to Billing Regions in the Charge Master will be deleted if the division is not within the geographic area of the region. When the RC v1.1, v1.2, or v1.4 Host Files are loaded, the existing Billing Regions will be evaluated. If there is a division assigned to a region whose 3-digit zip code does not match the region's primary divisions 3-digit zip code, then that division is deleted from the Billing Region and a message displayed. If a division is deleted from a Billing Region, then it no longer has charges assigned. The division will either need it's own charges loaded or it may be added to another existing Billing Region that has the correct 3-digit zip code. Routine Information: ==================== Routine Name: - IBCRHBR3 Routine Checksum: Routine Name: - IBCRHBR5 Routine Checksum: Routine Name: - IBCRHBR6 Routine Checksum: Routine Name: - IBCRHBRA Routine Checksum: Routine Name: - IBCRHBRB Routine Checksum: Routine Name: - IBCRHBRV Routine Checksum: Routine Name: - IBYPPH Routine Checksum: Routine Name: - IBYPPH1 Routine Checksum: Routine Name: - IBYPPH2 Routine Checksum: Routine Name: - IBCU73 Routine Checksum: ============================================================================= User Information: Entered By : HARPER,AMY R Date Entered : DEC 13, 2001 Completed By: KUREK,STANLEY M Date Completed: MAY 16, 2003 Released By : BOTTINI,STEVE Date Released : MAY 19, 2003 ============================================================================= Packman Mail Message: ===================== $END TXT