Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: February 23, 2016

Program Area: CSR Reconciliation (CSR)

Question: How should issuers using the standard methodology populate data elements 306, 307 and 308?

Answer: Those data elements are not required for the standard methodology and should be left blank. Due to the pipe delimited nature of the data file, when the issuer is not populating optional or conditionally required fields, the issuer should still include the preceding and following pipe delimiters.

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