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

Issue Date: November 14, 2014

Program Area: Distributed Data Collection (DDC) for RA Including HCRP/EDGE Server

Question: Will the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) be changing the data type for the Fill Number from integer to string?

Answer: No. The data type for Fill Number will not be changed from integer to string. Issuers may submit a value of '01' or '1' on the inbound pharmacy file; neither value will be rejected. The value that will be stored in the data table will be '1'.

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