CMS adds sepsis 30-day all-cause readmissions to HRRP

For years, hospitalists have lived by an unspoken reality that a sepsis patient discharged alive from the inpatient ward is only half-saved. Long after the medications are tapered, the physiologic toll of sepsis lingers. Muscle wasting, cognitive impairment, immune dysregulation, and organ reserve deficits transform a successful acute discharge into a high-risk transition.

Now, the