NAME:       	Claim PPS Capital Indirect Medical Education 
		(IME) Amount
 
 
 DESCRIPTION:	The amount of the indirect medical education (IME) 
		(reimbursable amount for teaching hospitals only; 
		an added amount passed by Congress to augment normal 
		PPS payments for teaching hospitals to compensate 
  		them for higher patient costs resulting from medical 
		education programs for interns and residents) portion 
		of the PPS payment for capital.
	
		This is one component of the total amount that is 
		payable for capital PPS for the claim.  The total 
		captial amount, which includes this variable, is in 
		the variable CLM_TOT_PPS_CPTL_AMT.

 
 SHORT NAME: 	IME_AMT
	
 LONG NAME: 	CLM_PPS_CPTL_IME_AMT

 TYPE:		NUM
 
 LENGTH: 	12

 SOURCE: 	CWF

 CODE VALUES: 	-
 
 
 COMMENT:	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: http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/
		Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/MLN-
		Publications.html).