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amount ($10,000) and the outlier payment amount ($29,540). IPPS Outlier Payment Policy Changes In the 2003 IPPS Final Rule, CMS made changes to its outlier payment
Answers. Relevance. Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: An outlier is defined as a number less than Q1-1.5(IQR) or a number greater than Q3+1.5(IQR) In your case, if you calculate the second equation, anything above 9.25 is an outlier. With 15 being a high outlier, it will increase the mean. If it was a low outlier then it would decrease the mean.