LTCH Discharge Payment Adjustment Amount

This variable is contained in the following files:

Original Medicare (Fee-for-Service) Inpatient

SAS Name

LTCH_DSCHRG_PYMT_ADJSTMT_AMT

Identifies the amount of a Long-Term Care Hospital discharge payment percentage adjustment that will be applied to the payment rate for failure to maintain the required discharge payment percentage.

Comments

The adjustment has been applied to the Claim Payment Amount (CLM_PMT_AMT).

This field is new with the NCH Version L layout; it is not populated before January 2021.

Source: NCH