CMS Sep-1 Reporting

How does CMS Sep-1 Reporting impact your hospital?

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which collects data in order to push for treatment improvement and ensure transparency, has made the 2017 hospital sepsis (SEP-1) compliance rankings public as of July 25, 2018. As of this date, information regarding sepsis treatment compliance will be available to the public on the CMS Hospital Compare website.

To learn more about how CMS Sep-1 Reporting impacts your hospital, download our Whitepaper for more information!

State of Sepsis today

Sepsis strikes more than a million Americans each year and up to 50% of these people may die, more than the number of US deaths from prostate cancer, breast cancer, and AIDS combined. Sepsis results in prolonged stays in the ICU and requires complex therapies. Sepsis is the most expensive condition to treat, an estimated cost of $20 billion in 2011 in the United States alone.

Impact on Hospitals

It can be tricky to manage sepsis effectively, and even a slight miscommunication between healthcare professionals (due to moving a patient or shift change) can cause major inefficiencies and even death. Access to high-quality electronic data and evidence-based validated electronic systems is necessary to improve patient outcomes.