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Variable: CLM_HRR_PRTCPNT_IND_CD

Claim Hospital Readmission Reduction (HRR) Participant Indicator Code

Description

This field is the code used to identify whether the hospital is participating in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction (HRR) program.

Comment

The ACA (Section 3025) requires CMS to reduce payments to Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) hospitals with excess readmissions. Additional information is available on the CMS "Hospital Value-Based Purchasing" website. This initiative began in 4th Quarter of 2012 (i.e., beginning of Federal fiscal year 13). This field was new in 2012, and is null/missing for all previous years.

Values

This variable is coded, and will contain one of the following values.

Values for
Value Description
0 Not participating
1 Participating and not equal to 1.0000
2 Participating and equal to 1.0000
Null/missing Not participating

Other Info

Some additional information on this variable:

  • Short Name: CLM_HRR_PRTCPNT_IND_CD
  • Long Name: CLM_HRR_PRTCPNT_IND_CD
  • Type: CHAR
  • Length: 1
  • Source: NCH
  • Value Format:

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