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New Hospice PEPPER Resources

As previously reported in NAHC Report, the annual Hospice Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) in 2023 includes two new target areas related to non-hospice spending under Part B while patients are on hospice: Average Number of Medicare Part B Claims for Beneficiaries Residing at Home Average Number of Medicare Part B Claims […]
Read MoreHospice PEPPER Now Available for Download

RELI Group Webinar set for May 9 The annual Hospice PEPPER (Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report) is now available for download. PEPPER is a data report that contains a single hospice’s claims data statistics (obtained from the UB-04 claims submitted to the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC)) for areas targeted by the Centers for […]
Read MoreNew Target Area for Hospice PEPPER

The 2021 release of the Hospice Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER), anticipated spring 2021, will include at least one new target area – Average Number of Part D Claims per Hospice Episode. This target area will measure the count of Medicare Part D claims for beneficiaries billed during hospice episodes in the […]
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