Provides national-level statistics for areas identified as at-risk for improper payments in home health agencies for the most recent three calendar years. The data include, for each target area, the numerator and denominator counts, proportion/rate, average length of stay (where calculated) and the average and total Medicare payment (where calculated) for all HHAs in the nation. For more information on the areas identified as at risk for improper payments, please see the HHA PEPPER User’s guide. Home Health PEPPER User’s Guide (PDF, 7th Edition).

Provides a listing of the top clinical groups by volume of periods for all HHAs in the nation for the most recent calendar year. The data are aggregated at the national level and include the number of periods per clinical group, proportion of periods for each clinical group to total periods and the number of visits and average number of visits for each clinical group. For more information on the top clinical group report, please see the Home Health PEPPER User’s Guide (PDF, 7th Edition).

Provides state-level statistics for areas identified as at-risk for improper payments in home health agencies for the most recent three calendar years for each state/territory. The data include, for each target area, the numerator and denominator counts, proportion/rate, average length of stay (where calculated) and the average and total Medicare payment (where calculated) for all HHAs in the state/territory. For more information on the areas identified as at risk for improper payments, please see the Home Health PEPPER User’s Guide (PDF, 7th Edition).

Provides a listing of the top clinical groups by volume of periods for all HHAs in each state/territory for the most recent calendar year. The data are aggregated at the state/territory level and include the number of periods per clinical group, proportion of periods for each clinical group to total periods and the number of visits and average number of visits for each clinical group. For more information on the top clinical group report, please see the Home Health PEPPER User’s Guide (PDF, 7th Edition).

Charts displaying, for each of the areas identified as potentially at risk for improper Medicare payments, the target area percents that are at the 80th, 50th and 20th percentiles for home health agencies in three categories: total number of periods, location and ownership type. The statistics were calculated for HHA periods ending in calendar year 2021 (January 1-December 31, 2021). For details on how these charts were developed please see the HHA Peer Group Methodology document (PDF). For a listing of all HHAs and their peer group classification please see the HHAs by peer group file (XLSX, updated 07-08-2022). Note: use Control+F or the “Find” button to search the file for a CMS Certification Number (provider number) or provider name.