Long-Term acute care hospitals receive their PEPPER via PEPPER Resources Portal at https://securefile.tmf.org. View a map of LT PEPPER retrievals by state.

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Current PEPPER User's Guide:

• Long-Term Acute Care PEPPER User’s Guide (PDF, 15th Edition)

PEPPER TRAINING SESSIONS

• Access a complete series of PEPPER training sessions, available as ten “chapters” for ease of access. A review of a sample LT PEPPER is also available.
• April 2020 LT PEPPER Review: This webinar reviews the new PEPPER for Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals, version Q4FY19, originally scheduled for release in April, 2020. It includes the history/background of PEPPER, a high-level review of the target areas, a walk-through of a sample PEPPER (note: this session reviews the old format of the PEPPER, not the new PEPPER format), and guidance for accessing the PEPPER. Download the PowerPoint slides (PDF) or transcript (PDF) for this PEPPER review.
• 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.

Demonstration PEPPER:

• Demonstration PEPPER version Q4FY20 (XLSX, updated 3/30/2021)

Jurisdictions:

• View a list of the 12 MAC jurisdictions and the number of providers in each jurisdiction in total and by state for Q4FY20 (XLSX, updated 3/30/2021).

Other Resources:

• Refer to this document for guidance on how to create a listing of patients included in the PEPPER target areas (PDF).
• View a list of LT target areas (PDF, updated 5/7/2020).
• History of Target Area Changes (PDF): This document identifies revisions to existing target areas that have been implemented for each respective release since the Q4FY15 release. It includes a description of the revision and the expected impact in terms of the number of providers that have "reportable data" (numerator count of 11+) for the target area. This document will be updated on an ongoing basis.
• Access the (LTCH) 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: Wednesday, April 14, 3 – 4 p.m. EDT
What: A WebEx presented by the RELI Group
Topic: This webinar will review the PEPPER for Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals, version Q4FY20, released in early April, 2021. It will include the history/background of PEPPER, a high-level review of the target areas, a walk-through of a sample PEPPER to include the new format, and guidance for accessing the PEPPER.

Registration is required.

REGISTER

This program is being brought to you at no charge.

Because registration is limited to 1,000 sites, LTs are encouraged to coordinate internally to prevent duplicate registrations and to allow as many LTs 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: Will be posted here prior to the event. It will also be available via WebEx upon joining the session.