NCH Primary Payer (if not Medicare) Claim Paid Amount

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This variable is contained in the following files:

Carrier (Fee-for-Service) Durable Medical Equipment (Fee-for-Service) Home Health Agency (Fee-for-Service) Hospice (Fee-for-Service) Inpatient (Fee-for-Service) Outpatient (Fee-for-Service) Skilled Nursing Facility (Fee-for-Service)

SAS Name

NCH_PRMRY_PYR_CLM_PD_AMT

The amount of a payment made on behalf of a Medicare beneficiary by a primary payer other than Medicare, that the provider is applying to covered Medicare charges on a non-institutional claim.

Comments

Derivation Rules: It is calculated as the sum of the line-level primary payer amounts.

Source: NCH