No PEPPER? No Problem! Mitigating Payment-Related Scrutiny During PEPPER Pause

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May 9, 2024 | 2:00 PM EDT

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The Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) is the best tool for hospices to identify potential areas of payment vulnerability and mitigate CMS contractor audit risk. With CMS’ recent pause in releasing the FY2023 PEPPER Report, hospice providers must now rely on other measures to identify and mitigate payment-related risk since CMS contractor audits are hospice providers’ greatest financial risk.

This session includes:

An explanation of the most important PEPPER target areas to mitigate audit risk
Strategies to duplicate PEPPER data using the hospice’s electronic medical record and other data
A discussion of risk-mitigation strategies to decrease future payment-related audit risk

If you cannot attend the live webinar, we still encourage you to register, as all registrants will receive an email with a link to the recording and resources.

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Presenter

Carrie Cooley, RN, MSN

Principal | Weatherbee Resources & Hospice Compliance Network (HCN)

Carrie Cooley is the Principal for Weatherbee Resources. Cooley's regulatory expertise and extensive consulting experience include forensic clinical record auditing, baseline compliance audits/mock surveys, interim management, clinical due diligence, and executive coaching. She also works directly with clients' legal counsel in preparation for arbitration and other hearings; she serves as an expert witness. Weatherbee also works extensively with clients under a Corporate Integrity Agreement; Cooley and the Consulting team manage the Independent Review Organization audit activities required by the Office of Inspector General.