Release Notes: 
Release Notes 
Version  2023A
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  Release Notes for the HCSS2023A Manual 
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 | No Measure Information Form release notes for the HCSS2023A release. | 
  Data Elements  
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 | Hire Date | The data element was updated to provide clarification for abstractors. | Notes for Abstraction Add new bullet:
 
 
Inclusion Guidelines for Abstraction Hire date is the date when an employee first completes his or her new hire paperwork. Employees must fill out the appropriate paperwork to start work. The hire date is not the same as the start date or the date the employee first works any hours for the firm.EXAMPLE:
 
 
 Jane interviews for a new job with Best Staffing. The firm offers her a job as a temporary ICU RN. They send her onboarding paperwork online via the firm's human resources portal, and she completes it that day (3/1/XX). That is her hire date, i.e., 3/1/22. On 3/8/XX, Jane is sent to Hospital X. That is her start date. 
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 Exclusion Guidelines for Abstraction
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 Start date
 Placement date
 Date that benefits start  | 
 
  Supplemental Materials  
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 | No Supplemental Material release notes for the HCSS2023A release. |