The link below provides national-level statistics for areas identified as at-risk for improper payments in long-term acute care hospitals. The data include the number of Medicare discharges for the numerator and denominator for each target area, proportion for each target area, average Medicare payment for a claim in each target area and the sum of total Medicare payments for each target area for all hospitals in the nation. For more information on the areas identified as at risk for improper payments, please see the Long-term PEPPER User’s Guide (PDF, 15th Edition).

A listing of the top 20 DRGs by volume of Medicare discharges for all long-term acute care PPS hospitals in the nation. The data are aggregated at the national level. The data include the number of Medicare discharges, average length of stay and number and percentage of discharges that are short-stay outliers for each DRG. The data represent the most recent four quarters of discharges.