Claim Site Neutral Payment Based on Cost Amount

SAS Name
CLM_SITE_NTRL_PYMT_CST_AMT

Under the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS), the payment amount based on estimated cost of the case.

Comments

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

This field is new in 2015.

Source: NCH