View the TRICARE OPPS Calculator Results
Use the TRICARE OPPS Calculator Results page to view the expected reimbursement for TRICARE Outpatient claims.
- Access the TRICARE OPPS Calculator Results page.
- Select Go To > Government Payor Research > TRICARE > Outpatient Calculator. The TRICARE Non-OPPS Calculator page opens.
- Specify the calculation criteria and click Calculate. The TRICARE OPPS Calculator Results page opens. For more information about the calculation criteria, refer to Use the TRICARE OPPS Calculator.
- View the calculation results.
- New OPPS Calculator returns to a blank calculator page.
- Recalculate TRICARE OPPS returns to the previous page.
The following table describes each of the fields on the TRICARE OPPS Calculator Results page.
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Field |
Description |
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Selection Criteria |
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Bill type |
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Patient’s destination upon discharge (home, LTC, and so on) |
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Patient DOB |
Patient birth date |
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Patient Sex |
Patient gender |
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Service From |
First date of service rendered to the patient. This is required information, and defaults to today’s date. Cannot be prior to Date of Birth. |
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Service Through |
Ending date the service was performed; required information; defaults to today’s date. Cannot be prior to Service From date. |
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Payment Totals |
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Reimbursement |
Reimbursement type, either expected reimbursement or RA, if applicable (the latest RA is shown if there are multiple RAs) |
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Total APC Payment |
Reimbursement from the APC, a set of payment rates based on groups of outpatient services rather than on individual services |
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Pass-through Payment |
Reimbursement for certain high-cost items like implants, high cost drugs and biologicals, for which the actual or higher cost is passed through to the payor |
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Fee Schedule Payment |
Reimbursement from a fee schedule (Lab, DMEPOS, PEN, and therapies) |
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Other Payment |
Reimbursement for other items not typically included on an OPPS claim (such as Psych, blood factors, or organ transplants). |
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Total Claim Outlier Payment |
Payment for cases incurring extraordinarily high costs |
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Total Payment |
Total payment |
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Payment Totals |
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No. |
Sequential number of the account in the current set of accounts, based on the sort method |
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Service Date |
Date the service was rendered |
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Revenue code |
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Associated CPT or HCPC codes and modifiers |
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APC Codes |
Ambulatory Payment Classification codes |
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Status Codes |
APC payment status codes |
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Billed Units |
Number of units billed |
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Allowed Units |
Number of units allowed |
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Expected Payment |
Total expected payment for the line |
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Outlier Amount |
Payment amount for cases incurring extraordinarily high costs |
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Total Payment by APC |
Reimbursement from the APC, a set of payment rates based on groups of outpatient services rather than on individual services |
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Reason Code |
Reason a specific line item was denied or description of how it was paid |