News: PEPPER ready for review
CDI Strategies, March 1, 2012
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The fourth quarter 2011 Short-Term Acute Care Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) is available via QualityNet. This PEPPER release suppresses data regarding “PTCA with Stent” statistics due to problems in the national Medicare claims data warehouse and includes a new target area, “Spinal Fusions.”
- Put PEPPER to proper use
- Tip: Use PEPPER reports to search for CDI targets
- Q&A: RAC, medical necessity, and the role of CDI
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