Traditional MedicareAdministrativeMedium impact
2026-05-28 - PEPPER Relaunch for All Facility Types: Get Ready Now
Medicare/CMS·Payment
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May 28, 2026
Summary
CMS is relaunching the PEPPER (Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report) tool for all Medicare facility types to help identify billing patterns and potential compliance issues. Healthcare facilities need to ensure authorized staff have access through the CMS Identity & Access System to download and review their organization's billing data reports.
Action Required
Immediately: Authorized officials, access managers, and staff end users should sign in to the CMS Identity & Access (I&A) System using existing NPPES or PECOS credentials and request the PEPPER business function for your organization. AOs or AMs must approve staff requests. Once approved, log in to the PEPPER Portal to download your facility's billing data report for compliance monitoring and billing pattern analysis.