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Plan Communications User Guide Appendices, Version 6.3
F.22.3 Trailer Record
Field Size Position Format Valid Values Description
File ID Name 8 1-8 X(8) “CMSBEQRT” This field is always set to the value
"CMSBEQRT.” This code identifies the
record as the Trailer Record of a BEQ
Response File.
Sending Entity:
MBD
8 9-16 X(8) “MBD ” (MBD
+ 5 Spaces)
This field is always set to the value "MBD
.” The value specifically is MBD + 5
following Spaces. This value agrees with
the corresponding value in the Header
Record.
File Creation Date 8 17-24 X(8) CCYYMMDD The date when CMS created the BEQ
Response File. This value is formatted as
CCYYMMDD. For example, January 3,
2010 is the value 20100103. This value
agrees with the corresponding value in the
Header Record.
File Control
Number
9 25-33 X(9) Assigned by
Sending Entity:
MBD
Record Count 7 34-40 9(7) Numeric value
greater than Zero.
The specific Control Number assigned by
CMS to the BEQ Response File. CMS
utilizes this value to track the BEQ
Response File through CMS processing
and archive. This value agrees with the
corresponding value in the Header Record.
The total number of Transactions or Detail
Records on the BEQ Response File. This
value is right justified in the field, with
leading zeros. This value does not include
non-numeric characters, such as commas,
spaces, dashes, decimals.
Filler 710 41-750 X(710) Spaces No meaningful values are supplied in this
field. This field is set to SPACES is not
referenced for or used to store meaningful
information, unless specifically
documented otherwise.
Total Length = 750
December 28, 2012 F-121 BEQ Response File