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Variable: EHR_PGM_RDCTN_IND_SW

Claim Electronic Health Records (EHR) Program Reduction Indicator Switch

Description

This field is a switch that identifies which hospitals are Electronic Health Records(EHR) meaningful users, and distinguishes hospitals that will have a payment penalty for not being meaningful users.

Comment

This field is new in October 2014. This field only applies to Inpatient claims.

Values

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

Values for
Value Description
Y hospital is subject to a reduction under the EHR program
Blank not applicable

Other Info

Some additional information on this variable:

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

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