additional payment
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
For purposes of clause (ii)(III), the term “additional payment” means, with respect to a discharge for a new medical service or technology described in clause (ii)(I), an amount that exceeds the prospective payment rate otherwise applicable under this subsection to discharges involving such service or technology that would be made but for this subparagraph.
Source
- 2000–present42 U.S.C. § 1395WWThe Public Health and Welfare · Payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services · in this section