Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities receive their PEPPER via PEPPER Resources Portal at https://securefile.tmf.org. View a map of IRF PEPPER retrievals by state.

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Current PEPPER User’s Guide:

• Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities PEPPER User’s Guide (PDF, 11th Edition)

PEPPER Training Sessions

• April 2022 IRF PEPPER Review: This webinar reviews the PEPPER for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, version Q4FY21, released in early April, 2022. 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) or transcript (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 IRF 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.

Data Resources

• National Target Area Analysis
• National Top 20 Rehabilitation Impairment Categories (RICs)
• National Top 20 Case Mix Groups
• National Average Length of Stay by CMG Tier, Discharge Destination
• IRF Target Percent Boundaries for Free-standing IRFs and IRF Distinct Part Units of Short-term Acute Care Hospitals
• State-level Target Area Analysis
• State-level Top 20 Rehabilitation Impairment Categories (RICs)
• State-level Top 20 Case Mix Groups (CMGs)
• State-level Average Length of Stay by CMG Tier, Discharge Destination
• 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:

• Refer to this document for guidance on how to create a listing of patients included in the PEPPER target areas (PDF).
• Access the Medicare Claims Processing Manual (PDF)
• View this slide presentation (PPT, updated 7-11-2013) on percents and percentiles to help understand the differences between “percent” and “percentile” and how they are used in PEPPER.
• View a demonstration (DOC, updated 12-10-2014) Compare Targets report, with associated hospital target area data and graph.

When: Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 3 – 4 p.m. EDT
What: A WebEx presented by the RELI Group
Topic: This webinar will include 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.

Registration is required.

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This program is being brought to you at no charge.

Because registration is limited to 1,000 sites, IRFs are encouraged to coordinate internally to prevent duplicate registrations and to allow as many IRFs as possible to participate. Registrants will receive an email with information about how to join the session.

For those unable to participate, the session will be recorded and posted here.

Handout: Download the handout. It will also be available via WebEx upon joining the session.