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Hospice Billing Compliance: The Latest PEPPER Updates

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The Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report, or PEPPER, contains valuable information to help your hospice organization identify billing issues and prevent improper payment audits. The provider-specific PEPPER analyzes Medicare data and statistics from discharges and services compared with every hospice nationwide.

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Understanding the PEPPER Can Reduce Home Health and Skilled Nursing Audit Risks

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Inpatient rehabilitation facilities. You can look at the PEPPER website’s user guide to see all target areas and a list of potential interventions for each. This report can help organizations identify potential overpayments as well as potential underpayments. Home health agencies. Inpatient psychiatric facilities.