Dear Colleagues, The United States Government Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has announced the inclusion of the #0500 severe sepsis and septic shock management bundle in the 2017 Inpatient Prospective Payment System. A fact sheet<http://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2014-Fact-sheets-items/2014-08-04-2.html> is available from the CMS.gov website. To view the #0500 measures visit the National Quality Forum website's quality positioning system tool<http://www.qualityforum.org/Qps/QpsTool.aspx#>.
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