Has item 'F' been retained in NQF measure #0500, or removed? Has the debate and discussion been finalized.
Robert From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lori Harmon Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 4:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Sepsis Groups] FW: CMS announces sepsis measures to be included in IPPS 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#>. Best, Lori Lori A. Harmon, RRT, MBA| Director, Program Development| Society of Critical Care Medicine 500 Midway Drive, Mount Prospect, IL 60056-5811 USA t: +1 847.493.6403 | f: +1 847.493.6428 | www.sccm.org<http://www.sccm.org> www.facebook.com/SCCM1<http://www.facebook.com/SCCM1> | www.twitter.com/SCCM<http://www.twitter.com/SCCM> | www.youtube.com/SCCM500<http://www.youtube.com/SCCM500>
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