Home Health & Hospice Week
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Download HH PEPPER Report Now
Published on Fri Jul 23, 2021
You can now download the newest version of your Home Health PEPPER Report. “Fourth quarter calendar year 2020 Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports (PEPPERs) are available for Home Health Agencies (HHAs),” PEPPER contractor RELI Group says in a release. RELI Group will post a recording of its July 21 Webex on the reports within two weeks at https://pepper.cbrpepper.org/Training-Resources/Home-Health-Agencies, it says. “This webinar will include the history/background of PEPPER, a high-level review of the target areas, a walk-through of a sample PEPPER, and guidance for accessing the PEPPER,” the contractor says.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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