N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-14.14

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 10:52-14.14 - Payment for transfers

(a) When a patient is transferred during a covered general acute care hospital inpatient stay from one hospital to another hospital, the reimbursement to the general acute care hospitals involved in the transfer(s) will be calculated as follows:

1. The reimbursement to each transferring general hospital will be the DRG daily rate for each covered day of stay. Total payment to each transferring hospital will be no greater than the standard DRG payment, except where the transferring hospital is eligible for an outlier payment;

2. The receiving acute care general hospital will be reimbursed the standard DRG payment. If the claim qualifies as an outlier, the receiving hospital will be eligible for outlier payments based solely on the stay at the receiving hospital; and

3. Transfer cases, both transferring and receiving, that are cost or day outliers shall be subject to the Division's utilization review to determine whether the outlier payment is medically necessary.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-14.14