Infectious Disease Groups Urge CMS to Retire Sepsis Treatment Guidelines
Use of the measure hasn't lowered mortality rates, they say
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Use of the measure hasn't lowered mortality rates, they say
Six leading healthcare associations have written new recommendations to CMS on behalf of U.S. hospitals to refine the rule on sepsis care.
On August 28, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final payment rule for inpatient and long-term care hospitals (“LTCH”) that builds on the Biden-Harris...
This Viewpoint explores a critical source of administrative burden and physician frustration—the explosive growth of health care quality metrics—and how improvi
Some hospitals were able to outperform others in a commercial insurer episode-based incentive program, but there was little evidence of global reductions in episode spending.