Base rate.

Base rate. The average payment amount per-treatment, standardized to remove the effects of case-mix and area wage levels and further reduced for budget neutrality and the outlier percentage. The base rate is the amount to which the patient-specific case-mix adjustments and any ESRD facility adjustments, if applicable, are applied.

Source

42 CFR § 413.171

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Scoping language

For purposes of this subpart, the following definitions apply:

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