Identifying sepsis is a complex process that takes more thought than checking off clinical indicators from a list regardless of what criteria is used to qualify the diagnosis. It takes critical thinking and oftentimes, collaboration with...Read More »
As some of you know, I’m recently back in my at-home office after a week-long staycation. I have a hard time taking a vacation. Last summer was the first time in almost four years that I took a full week off, rented a house in Ogunquit, Maine, and...Read More »
CMS released its 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP) experience report, which includes data on participation and performance in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) during the 2018 performance year.
Our facility has adopted a systemwide definition of sepsis (based on Sepsis-3) and we’re having success with educating most providers. Some of our infectious disease providers, however, like to use the term septicemia which codes to A41.9, Sepsis, unspecified organism. This is somewhat of a...Read More »
Sepsis and its various disease progressions and complications result in nearly 270,000 deaths annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Furthermore, a number of patients sick with COVID-19 have experienced an immune response called a ...Read More »
As CDI Week gets closer, we’re getting more and more excited to celebrate with this year’s theme of ACDIS Cinema-CDI: Coming to an Organization Near You! If you haven’t already, mark your calendars for September 14-18 and join us for the...Read More »
