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Patient Credit File Layout Update
Illinois Medicaid - HFS·IL · Geriatrics·Provider Notice
Effective date
Apr 6, 2024
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
The Illinois Medicaid Long Term Care Patient Credit File layout has been updated to include two new data fields: hospice effective date and hospice end date. This change affects the weekly patient credit files downloaded from the Medical Electronic Data Interchange (MEDI) System.
Action Required
LTC billing staff should review the updated Patient Credit File Layout example and ensure their systems can accommodate the two new hospice date fields when downloading weekly patient credit files from the MEDI System. Contact the Bureau of Managed Care at 217-524-7478 with any questions about the file format changes.