If a patient requires critical care services upon presentation to the hospital emergency department, the provider may only report critical care code 99291. Physician and non-physician practitioners ...

Consumers and employers are increasingly demanding price transparency and insight into clinical quality. Bundled care, a delivery and payment mechanism that offers a single, flat price for all ...

A free toolkit on implementing the ABCDE bundle for critical illness management is available from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. The ABCDE bundle ...

Compliance with a relaxed "care bundle" was associated with lower 30-day mortality and shorter median hospital stays among children with sepsis, according to interim data from the Improving Pediatric ...

Interim results from a 40-hospital pediatric sepsis quality improvement study support lengthening the initial window for giving fluids and antibiotics. They also suggest better outcomes when providers ...

As the U.S. healthcare system continues its shift away from fee-for-service (FFS) toward value-based care (VBC), the prevalence of advanced alternative payment models is increasing. Bundled payments ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services make SEP-1 sepsis care bundle a pay-for-performance measure. The inclusion of the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Management Bundle (SEP-1) into Medicare's ...

Next month, Sam’s Club plans to begin testing a program that offers members bundles of health care services — including medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care — for a low annual fee. Called Sam’s ...