Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities receive their PEPPER via PEPPER Resources Portal at https://securefile.tmf.org. View a map of IPF PEPPER retrievals by state.
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Current PEPPER User's Guide:
PEPPER Training Sessions
- May 2022 IPF PEPPER Review: This webinar reviews the PEPPER for Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities, version Q4FY21, released in early April, 2021. This webinar 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. Download the PowerPoint slides (PDF), transcript (PDF) or Q&As (PDF) for this PEPPER review.
- Access a complete series of PEPPER training sessions, available as “chapters” for ease of access. A review of a sample IPF PEPPER is also available.
- New PEPPER Format: This session reviews changes to the PEPPER for greater accessibility, cleaner presentation and improved readability. Download the PowerPoint slides (PDF) or the transcript (PDF) for this PEPPER recording.
- National Target Area Analysis
- National Top 20 DRGs
- State-level Target Area Analysis
- State-level Top DRGs
- IPF Target Percent Boundaries for Free-standing IPFs and IPF Distinct Part Units of Short-term Acute Care Hospitals
- Peer Group Bar Charts
Demonstration PEPPER:
- Demonstration PEPPER version Q4FY21 (XLSX)
Jurisdictions:
- View a list of the 12 MAC jurisdictions and the number of providers in each jurisdiction in total and by state for PEPPER Q4FY21 (XLSX).
Other Resources: