Training & Resources for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

PEPPER Resources

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Current IRF PEPPER User’s Guide:

• IRF PEPPER User’s Guide (220 KB PDF)
  Note: The last sentence in the fourth bullet of Appendix 1 was corrected October 3, 2011.

Jurisdictions:

• View a list of the 16 MAC/FI jurisdictions and the number of facilities in each jurisdiction in total and by state for IRF PEPPER version Q2FY11 (36 KB XLS).

PEPPER Training (September 23, 2011):

• Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PEPPER training session 1: This session reviews the history and basics of PEPPER and the IRF target areas, explains percents and percentiles and discusses the MAC/FI jurisdiction. (Duration: 28:24, requiresFlash 9.0 or later)
• Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PEPPER training session 2: This session provides a demonstration of the IRF PEPPER version Q2FY11 and explains how to use the report. (Duration: 32:47, requires Flash 9.0 or later)
• Access alternate file formats and a transcript of this training.
• Download the PowerPoint slides (1.01 MB PDF) for the IPF PEPPER training session. 
• View questions and answers from the IRF PEPPER training session (156 KB PDF)
• IRF question and answer session audio: This question and answer session, held on October 20, 2011, addresses provider questions about PEPPER for IRFs. (Duration: 39:00, mp3, requires multimedia player)
• Access a transcript (PDF) of the October 20, 2011 IRF PEPPER question and answer session.
   

Demonstration PEPPER

• Demonstration IRF PEPPER (1.2 MB XLS)

Other Resources:

• View a list of IRF target areas (102 KB PDF).
• 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.