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Paramedic-Initiated CMS Sepsis Core Measure Bundle Prior to Hospital Arrival: A Stepwise Approach Jason G. Walchok, Ronald G. Pirrallo, Douglas Furmanek, Martin Lutz, Colt Shope, Brandi Giles, Greta Gue & Aaron Dix To cite this article: Jason G. Walchok, Ronald G. Pirrallo, Douglas Furmanek, Martin Lutz,

Hospitals are required to report sepsis data to CMS to improve patient care. Primaris abstractors perform hundreds of sepsis data abstractions each month. Even hospitals that have put improving sepsis care front and center may be "functioning at only the 40%-50% level" in terms of meeting the CMS measure, says R. Phillip Dellinger, MD, a pulmonology/critical care physician who is chief and chair of medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, N.J. Thanks for the great discussion of the sepsis core measure! We have been using the CMS definitions for sepsis for the last five years in the DSRIP program for California public hospitals and have struggled with defining the care and abstracting the data. CMS Sepsis Measures Spark Controversy The National Quality Forum (NQF), which vetted the measure for CMS, noted that sepsis continues to be a big problem at many hospitals. "The national bill Paramedic-Initiated CMS Sepsis Core Measure Bundle Prior to Hospital Arrival: A Stepwise Approach Jason G. Walchok, Ronald G. Pirrallo, Douglas Furmanek, Martin Lutz, Colt Shope, Brandi Giles Thank you for your interest in the Severe Sepsis Bundles. We encourage you to visit the Surviving Sepsis Campaign website for updated guidance on managing sepsis, including clinical guidelines, care bundles, and other resources.; Additional sepsis guidance and resources are also available on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Teams may also use their quality data vendor tools for sepsis abstraction. If using this option, teams will need to transcribe aggregate monthly results into the NJ Sepsis Learning-Action Collaborative web tool. N