Claim Site Neutral Payment Based on IPPS Amount

This variable is contained in the following files:

Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR)

SAS Name

CLM_SITE_NTRL_PYMT_IPPS_AMT

Under the Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS), the payment amount based on the Inpatient Prospective Payment (IPPS) comparable amount. This amount does not include any applicable outlier payment amount

Comments

This field is derived by accumulating the amount field (CLM-SITE-NTRL-PMT-IPPS-AMT) that is present on any of the claim records included in the stay (i.e. sum of the CLM-SITE-NTRL-PMT-IPPS-AMT reported on the claims that comprised the LTCH stay).

This field is new in 2015.

Source: NCH