The measure applies to all patients with the ICD10 codes for Sepsis as defined in Appendix A of the Specifications manual; so any patient discharged with those codes will be included in the measure and eligible to be sampled regardless of where Sepsis presentation occurs - in the ED or inpatient areas.
Sheree Sheree Brown MSN, RN, CNL Manager, Performance Excellence Phone: 517 205-4209 ext. 4209 Pager: 517 534-0127 Fax: 517 788-4715 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth Leffard Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 10:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Sepsisgroups - Core Measure - ED and IP? For someone further along in Sepsis Core Measure prep than me: My first impression from reading the CMS guidelines was that this measure would only apply to ED patients or direct admits (not transfer from ACF), but upon further reading, it appears it will apply to inpatients who develop sepsis during the stay. Is that correct? Does the CMS Sepsis Core Measure apply to both ED pts and IPs with sepsis not present on admission? Thank you. 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Re: CMS Guidelines ([email protected]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 16:02:43 +0000 From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] CMS Guidelines Message-ID: <1629a24ac5c93b429687ace36144bb2905ffa...@xrdcwpmsghcmd2a.hca.corpad.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Notice that the guidelines state reassessment "by a licensed independent practitioner"....RNs do not qualify for that position because we are not independent. Docs, PAs, ARNPs is what I believe they are saying it has to be. I truly believe an RN could do those things so I am unclear as to why they chose that title to do that reassessment. Any input on that .....or did we interpret it incorrectly? From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 3:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Sepsis Groups] CMS Guidelines So, I've read through the new CMS Guidelines and it states that a repeat assessment must be completed within 6 hrs with either a focused exam (including VS, cardiopulmonary exam, cap refill, peripheral pulse eval and skin exam) or any two of the four: CVP, SV02, bedside cardiovascular ultrasound, passive leg raise or fluid challenge. At our hospital, we have the "shift evaluation" and "shift re-evaluation." If the nurse documents the "shift re-evaluation" they are basically saying nothing has changed since the last evaluation. I'm wondering if that will suffice, or if they actually have to do another complete head-to-toe assessment. Any thoughts?? 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