The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services make SEP-1 sepsis care bundle a pay-for-performance measure. The inclusion of the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Management Bundle (SEP-1) into Medicare's ...

Hospitals and infectious disease physicians contend that CMS’ final rule on sepsis care is too rigid and does not allow clinicians flexibility to determine how recommendations should apply to their ...

A new study led by the Center for Sepsis Epidemiology and Prevention Studies (SEPSIS) at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care ...

Researchers determined that the increase in sepsis was not due to the growing number of American seniors enrolling in Medicare. From 2012 through 2018, the U.S. saw a 22 percent increase in the ...

The Infectious Diseases Society of America and a coalition of medical professional societies have released recommendations for modifying the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sepsis metrics ...

More than half of hospitals on average fail to comply with the CMS' sepsis treatment requirements, new data from the agency reveals. The data, publicly released Wednesday on Hospital Compare for the ...

Sepsis hospitalizations cost Medicare $41.8 billion in 2018 alone, a new study from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows. The rate of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with sepsis ...

The care bundle CMS implemented in 2015 to improve outcomes for sepsis patients did not lead to significant improvements at Pittsburgh-based UPMC, according to a study published April 19 in Annals of ...

A new study evaluated which model the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should use to measure sepsis management and outcomes. It found that ...

In the presence of infection, the treatment principles are to remove the source and, while doing so, support the patient’s vital functions. In sepsis, removal of the source includes antibiotics, ...

Nebraska voters will decide on Medicaid expansion in November; a medical watchdog has called for a stop to a clinical trial for sepsis treatment; Medicare Advantage insurer Clover Health is expanding ...