PEPPER Report Update

The SNF Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) has recently been updated with data through September 2013 and has also changed its comparison group criteria.  If you have not already seen the below, we encourage you to access your facility’s PEPPER report.

The Q4FY13 release of your new Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER), with statistics through September 2013, is now available for download through the Secure PEPPER Access page at PEPPERresources.org. To obtain your SNF's PEPPER, the Chief Executive Officer, President or Administrator of your SNF should:

1. Review the Secure PEPPER Access Guide.
2. Visit the Secure PEPPER Access page at PEPPERresources.org.
3. Review the instructions and obtain the information required to authenticate access.
4. Click on the button to Access the Secure Portal.
5. Complete all the fields.
6. Download your PEPPER.

The SNF PEPPER will be available to download as a Microsoft Excel file for approximately one year. The previous Q4FY12 SNF PEPPER, originally released in August 2013, will be made available via the Secure PEPPER Portal in the summer of 2014; an email notification will be sent when these PEPPERs are available.
New for this release in the SNF PEPPER: The "State" comparison group now includes all SNFs in a state. Previously, the "State" comparison group included all SNFs in a state that were in the same MAC jurisdiction. As a result, state percentiles will be available for most SNFs; state percentiles will differ from the previous PEPPER release.

For more information, visit the SNF Training and Resources section of PEPPERresources.org.