New Hospice PEPPER Resources

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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 […]

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Hospice PEPPER Now Available for Download

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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 […]

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New Target Area for Hospice PEPPER

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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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