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CAH PEPPER Demonstration This webinar reviews the PEPPER for Critical Access Hospitals, version Q4FY21, released in early April, 2022. It includes the history/background of PEPPER, a high-level review of the target areas, a walk-through of a sample PEPPER, and guidance for accessing the PEPPER. Duration: 43:52 View Handouts (PDF) View Transcript (PDF) Q&A (PDF)
Chapter 1 – What is PEPPER? Introduction and History Duration: 7:21 View Handouts (PDF) View Transcript (PDF)
Chapter 2 – What type of data are summarized in PEPPER? Duration: 5:19 View Handouts (PDF) View Transcript (PDF)
Chapter 3 – What are the target areas in the CAH PEPPER, why are they included and how were they identified? Duration: 21:04 View Handouts (PDF) View Transcript (PDF)
Chapter 4 – What is the difference between percent and percentile? What does the percentile mean? Duration: 9:06 View Handouts (PDF) View Transcript (PDF)
Chapter 5 – CAH Top DRGs Report Duration: 4:05 View Handouts (PDF) View Transcript (PDF)
Chapter 6 – Comparison Groups in PEPPER Duration: 3:47 View Handouts (PDF) View Transcript (PDF)
Chapter 7 – How to Use PEPPER Duration: 9:15 View Handouts (PDF) View Transcript (PDF)
Chapter 8 – National-Level Data Duration: 7:45 View Handouts (PDF) View Transcript (PDF)
Chapter 9 – Obtaining PEPPER via PEPPER Resources Portal Duration: #:## View Handouts (PDF) View Transcript (PDF)
Chapter 10 – Resources and Assistance with using/obtaining PEPPER Duration: 2:25 View Handouts (PDF) View Transcript (PDF)