Hospital Readmission Reduction (HRR) Adjustment Percent

SAS Name
HRR_ADJSTMT_PCT

The percent used to identify the readmission adjustment factor that will be applied in determining the payment amount for the Hospital Readmission Reduction (HRR) Program.

Comments

For payment policies, reference the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Section 3025.

The Hospital Readmission Reduction (HRR) Program applies to 'subsection (d) hospital's operating inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) payment amount.

For details on the CMS hospital readmission reduction program reference the CMS website: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-For-Service-Payment/AcuteInpat…

This field comes from the Claim HRR Adjustment Percent (CLM-HRR-ADJSTMT-PCT) that is present on the last claim record included in the stay.

This field is new in 2011.

Source: NCH