Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 8
- Latest action
- Sep 10, 2025
What it does
The Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act of 2025 would amend the Social Security Act to classify blood culture contamination as a hospital-acquired condition under Medicare, affecting hospitals participating in the Medicare program. It requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a measure for blood culture contamination, setting a benchmark that the contamination rate should not exceed 1 percent for discharges in fiscal year 2026 and later. The bill aims to improve diagnostic accuracy in sepsis by incentivizing hospitals to reduce preventable blood culture contamination through Medicare payment policies.
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