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title: Patient File Naming
slug: medhistory-populations-patient-file-load/guide/patient-file-naming
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createdAt: 2026-07-10T15:53:03.921Z
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## Patient File Load Naming

The File Load naming convention is: *\<CustomerName>\_*&#x50;M&#x41;*\_\<YYYYMMDD-XX>.\<CompressionFormat>*. Surescripts recommends compressing the file prior to transmitting it to Surescripts. The current zip protocols that are supported are gzip, bzip2 and zip.

Example: **ACOCompany\_PMA\_20201204-01.gz**

## Patient Response File Naming

The naming convention is \<*InputFileName sans extension*>.\<*sstimestamp*>.\<*sstimestamp*>.rsp.

Example: **ACOCompany\_PMA\_20201204-01.20201204012025.20201204012025.rsp**