| DFN | 
Input | 
Patient IEN.
 
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MNTH | 
Input | 
Last day of month for the LTC co-pay calculation in
FM format (e.g. 3020131).
 
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LOS | 
Input | 
(Length of stay) The number of days in the patient's
LTC episode.
 
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$$COPAY | 
Output | 
function returns 0 or compound string with "^"
delimiters.  "0" return value indicates that no completed LTC co-pay test on
file (there is no 1010EC form) for patient for the month.  if returns
string then:
piece 1: LTC co-pay test status (1=Exempt; 2=Non-Exempt)
piece 2: If Exempt, Reason for Exemption  (IEN of file
#714.1)
piece 3: Calculated LTC co-payment for inpatient care for
LOS = 1-180 days.
piece 4: Calculated LTC co-payment for inpatient care for
LOS = 181+ days.
piece 5: Calculated LTC co-payment for outpatients.
 
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