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

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Every year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER). ” Richardson suggests engaging a broader interdisciplinary team, including Minimum Data Set (MDS) coordinators, to offer differing viewpoints when analyzing the report.