NAME:       	NCH Claim Payment Amount to Beneficiary
 
 
 DESCRIPTION:	The total payments made to the beneficiary for this 
		claim (sum of all line-level payments to beneficiary, 
		variable called LINE_BENE_PMT_AMT)

 
 SHORT NAME: 	BENE_PMT

 LONG NAME: 	NCH_CLM_BENE_PMT_AMT

 TYPE:		NUM

 LENGTH: 	12   
 
 SOURCE: 	NCH QA Process

 CODE VALUES:	-
 

 COMMENT: 	This variable is populated if, for example, a beneficiary
		pays for a service that should have been Medicare-covered.  
		The beneficiary can be refunded the payment.

		Costs to that beneficiaries are liable for are described 
		in detail on the Medicare.gov website.   There is a CMS 
		publication called "Your Medicare Benefits", which explains 
		the deductibles and coinsurance amounts.

		Medicare payments are described in detail in a series 
		of Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) 
		documents called “Payment Basics” (see: http://www.
		medpac.gov/payment_basics.cfm).

		Also in the Medicare Learning Network (MLN) “Payment System 
		Fact Sheet Series” (see the list of MLN publications at: 
		http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-
		Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/MLN-Publications.html)