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April 9, 2015

New Release of PEPPER for Hospices

The Q4FY14 release of the Hospice Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER), with statistics through September 2014, is now available for download through the PEPPER Resources Portal. To obtain the PEPPER, the Chief Executive Officer, President or Administrator of the hospice should:

  1. Review the Secure PEPPER Access GuideExternal PDF.
  2. Review the instructions and obtain the information required to authenticate access.
  3. Visit the PEPPER Resources PortalExternal Website.
  4. Complete all the fields.
  5. Download the PEPPER.

The PEPPERs will be available to download for approximately two years. There are four new target areas in this release:

  1. Continuous Home Care provided in an Assisted Living Facility
  2. Routine Home Care provided in an Assisted Living Facility
  3. Routine Home Care provided in a Nursing Facility
  4. Routine Home Care provided in a Skilled Nursing Facility

About PEPPER
PEPPER summarizes provider-specific data statistics for Medicare services that may be at risk for improper payments. Providers can use the data to support internal auditing and monitoring activities. Visit PEPPERresources.orgExternal Website to access updated resources for using PEPPER, including recorded web-based training sessions, sample PEPPERs and PEPPER User's Guides, which are available on the applicable "Training and Resources" pages.

**Coming Soon** — PEPPER will be available for Home Health Agencies in July, 2015. Visit the Home Health Agency Training and ResourcesExternal Website page at PEPPERresources.orgExternal Website for more information. Join the email listExternal Website to receive information about the new Home Health Agency PEPPER.

PEPPER is distributed by TMF® Health Quality Institute under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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