Training & Resources for Critical Access Hospitals

PEPPER Resources

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Current PEPPER User's Guide:

• Critical Access Hospital PEPPER User’s Guide: Second Edition (707 KB PDF)

Jurisdictions:

• View a list of the 15 MAC/FI jurisdictions and the number of hospitals in each jurisdiction in total and by state for Q4FY12 (36 KB XLS).
• View a list of the 16 MAC/FI jurisdictions and the number of hospitals in each jurisdiction in total and by state for Q4FY11 (35 KB XLS).
• View a list of the 17 MAC/FI jurisdictions and the number of hospitals in each jurisdiction in total and by state for PEPPER version Q4FY10 (37 KB XLS).

PEPPER Training:

• Critical access hospitals PEPPER training session 1: This session reviews the history and basics of PEPPER and the CAH target areas, explains percents and percentiles, and discusses the MAC/FI jurisdiction. (Duration: 26:53, requires Flash 9.0 or later)
• Critical access hospitals PEPPER training session 2: This session provides a demonstration of the CAH PEPPER version Q4FY10, and explains how to use the report and how to receive it. (Duration: 28:52, requires Flash 9.0 or later)
• View questions and answers from the CAH PEPPER training session (176 KB PDF).
• Access alternate file formats and transcripts of the PEPPER trainings.
• Download the PowerPoint slides for the PEPPER training session (648 KB PDF).  
• CAH PEPPER question and answer session: This question and answer session held on May 19, 2011 addressed provider questions about PEPPER for CAH. (Duration: 39:00, .mp3, requires multimedia player)
• Access a transcript (PDF) of the May 19, 2011 CAH PEPPER question and answer session.

Demonstration PEPPER:

• Demonstration PEPPER version Q4FY12 (1 MB XLS)

Other Resources:

• View a list of CAH target areas (21 KB Word, updated 2/26/2013).
• View this slide presentation (PPT file, updated 10-01-2011) on percents and percentiles to help understand the differences between “percent” and “percentile” and how they are used in PEPPER.