CMS Provides Update on PEPPER Release

In early 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a temporary pause through the fall of 2024 in the distribution of the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports (PEPPERs) and Comparative Billing Reports (CBRs). CMS indicated the pause in distribution of the reports was related to their work to enhance the quality and accessibility of the PEPPERs and CBRs.

While this pause was extended beyond fall 2024, CMS recently informed the Alliance that the agency is close to testing a new system and intends to release PEPPERs in the summer of 2025.