June 11, 2026
Hospices: Download Your FY 2025 PEPPER
CMS released the FY 2025 Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) for hospices. PEPPER helps you review your billing data to make sure claims are accurate. Use it to:
- Spot billing patterns that may need improvement.
- Identify areas that may need audits or closer monitoring.
- Find diagnosis-related groups that may be under-coded or over-coded.
- Track areas where patient stays are getting longer.
How to Get Your PEPPER
Authorized officials (AOs), access managers (AMs), and staff end users (SEUs) can download their organization's report from the PEPPER Portal.
How to become an SEU:
- Sign in to the CMS Identity & Access Management (I&A) System
using your existing NPPES or PECOS credentials. - Request the PEPPER business function under your organization.
- Your request must be approved by your AO or AM.
More Information:
- Review the User Guide
. - Register
for a webinar on June 24 at 1 pm ET. - See the I&A Quick Reference Guide
and FAQs
: Step-by-step instructions for AOs and AMs. - Contact the External User Services Help Desk
.

