Posted on Friday, April 5, 2019 7:36 PM
The Hospice PEPPER (Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report) released its annual report today. Each hospice receives a PEPPER, which contains statistics for these target areas, regardless of whether the hospice’s data are of concern. The report shows how a hospice’s data compares to national, MAC jurisdiction and state statistics for the three most recent years.
The target areas remain the same from last year:
- Live Discharges – No Longer Terminally Ill
- Live Discharges – Revocations
- Live Discharges LOS 61- 179 days Long Length of Stay
- Continuous Home Care Provided in an Assisted Living Facility
- Routine Home Care Provided in an Assisted Living Facility
- Routine Home Care Provided in a Nursing Facility
- Routine Home Care Provided in a Skilled Nursing Facility
- Claims with Single Diagnosis Coded
- No General Inpatient Care or Continuous Home Care
- Long General Inpatient Stays
The PEPPER will not be mailed, each hospice must download their own.
Source: NAHC Report
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