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