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Plan Communications User Guide Appendices, Version 6.3
F.24 Auto Assignment (PDP) Address Notification File
This file contains monthly addresses of Beneficiaries that are either AE, FE, or reassigned to
PDPs. This file contains a header record, detail records, and a trailer record. Please see the Main
Guide section 4.4.5 for details on its use.
Header Record This first record of the file only occurs once.
Detail Record This record contains Beneficiary information and may
occur multiple times.
Trailer Record This last record of the file only occurs once.
The full address, including city/state/zip code, is “wrapped” in the fields “Beneficiary Address
Line 1” through “Beneficiary Address Line 6,” with the result that street address, city, and state
may appear on different lines for different beneficiaries. Different parts of the address appears
only on certain lines, as follows:
Beneficiary Address Lines 1-6 is limited to Representative Payee Name (if applicable),
and street address, and these elements “wrap.”
When a Beneficiary has a Representative Payee, the Beneficiary Representative Payee
Name prints on Address Line 1, and may use more Address Lines.
The actual street address in such cases is printed on the line after the name concludes.
Address Lines print on fewer than six lines with the remainder of the lines padded with
space prior to printing.
City/State/Zip Code data only appear in the fields labeled as City/State/Zip Code data
fields.
F.24.1 Header Record
Field Size Position
Header Code (This field used for file/record identification purposes,
‘MMAAPDPGH’)
Sending Entity (This field used to identify the sending entity, ‘MBD
‘(MBD + 5 spaces) )
9 1-9
8 10-17
File Creation Date (The date the file was created in CCYYMMDD format) 8 18-25
File Control Number (Unique file identifier created by Sending Entity) 9 26-34
Filler (This field is all spaces) 581 35-615
Total Length = 615
December 28, 2012 F-125 Auto Assignment (PDP)
Address Notification File