NAME             TYPE   LENGTH
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    Claim Pass Thru Per Diem      NUM      12
    Amount

	The amount of the established reimbursable costs
	for the current year divided by the estimated
	Medicare days for the current year (all PPS
	claims), as calculated by the FI and reim-
	bursement staff.  Items reimbursed as a pass
	through include capital-related costs; direct
	medical education costs; kidney acquisition
	costs for hospitals approved as RTCs; and
	bad debts (per Provider Reimbursement Manual,
	Part 1, Section 2405.2).  **Note: Pass throughs
	are not included in the Claim Payment Amount.

	9.2 DIGITS SIGNED

	SHORT NAME: PER_DIEM
	LONG NAME: CLM_PASS_THRU_PER_DIEM_AMT

	SOURCE:
	CWF