Training & Resources for Short-term Acute Care Hospitals

PEPPER Resources

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Current PEPPER User's Guide:

• Short-term Acute Care PEPPER User’s Guide: Ninth Edition (562 KB PDF)

Jurisdictions:

• View a list of the 16 MAC/FI jurisdictions and the number of hospitals in each jurisdiction in total and by state for PEPPER version Q4FY11 (328KB XLS).
• View a list of the 16 MAC/FI jurisdictions and the number of hospitals in each jurisdiction in total and by state for PEPPER version Q3FY11 (32 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 PEPPER version Q2FY11 (16 KB XLS). Note: Jurisdictions 00380 Palmetto GBA Carolinas and 00453 NGS Virginias have been moved into J11 Palmetto GBA jurisdiction, reducing the number of jurisdictions to 16. 
• 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 Q1FY11 (37 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 (37KB 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 Q3FY10  (38 KB XLS).

PEPPER Training:

• New Updates to Short-term Hospitals PEPPER Training: This session is an update to the PEPPER trainings since the February 2011 release. (Duration 17:39, requires Flash 9.0 or later)
• November 2011: PowerPoint slides for the PEPPER update training session (730kbs PDF)
• February 2011 Short-term hospitals PEPPER training session 1: This session reviews the history and basics of PEPPER, explains percents and percentiles, discusses the MAC/FI jurisdiction, and reviews PEPPER updates effective with the Q4FY10 release. (Duration: 36:26, requires Flash 9.0 or later)
• February 2011 Short-term hospitals PEPPER training session 2: This session provides a demonstration of short-term PEPPER version Q4FY10. (Duration: 21:18, requires Flash 9.0 or later) 
• February 2011 Short-term hospitals PEPPER training session 3: This session explains how to prioritize PEPPER findings, how to access PEPPER, and how to access support and resources related to PEPPER (Duration 16:53, requires Flash 9.0 or later)
• Access alternate file formats and transcripts of the PEPPER trainings.
• February 2011: PowerPoint slides for the PEPPER training sessions (750 KB PDF)

Demonstration PEPPER:

• Demonstration PEPPER version Q4FY11 (2 MB XLS)

Other Resources:

• MS-DRG 246 Cardiovascular Procedure with Drug-Eluting Stent with MCC Documentation from TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, LLC (January 2012)
• MS-DRG 247 Cardiovascular Procedure With Drug-Eluting Stents Without MCC Documentation from TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, LLC (February 2012) 
• MS-DRG 460 Spinal Fusion Documentation guidance from TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, LLC (December 2011)
• View the list of ST PEPPER target areas (135 kb Word file, updated with PEPPER version Q4FY11).
• 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.

Archived User's Guides:

• View archived user’s guides.