Medicare payment, physician fee schedule among top nephology policy news of 2023
Healio has compiled a list of its most-read policy and politics news in nephrology for 2023.
Readers were most interested in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Medicare payments for vascular access, how end-stage renal disease payment bundles may impact innovation and more.
Congressional members question whether ESRD payment bundle may be hurting innovation
Several members of Congress are questioning whether innovation in kidney care is being hampered by the Medicare bundled payment rate for end-stage kidney disease treatment. Read more.
VIDEO: President of RPA plans to focus on physician fee schedule, practice transformation
In this video interview from the Annual Renal Physicians Association Meeting, Timothy A. Pflederer, MD, FASN, FASDIN, discusses challenges faced by nephrologists and what the association plans to focus on in 2023. Read more.
Legislators introduce bill to increase Medicare payments for vascular access procedures
Legislators have introduced a bill to restore cuts in Medicare funding for office-based procedures, including for vascular access. Read more.
Survey shows increases in nephrology practice revenue, staffing despite pandemic
Results from a survey of nephrology practices presented at the Renal Physicians Association Annual Meeting indicate staffing increased in 2021 despite the loss of patients on dialysis due to COVID-19. Read more.
Legislators introduce bill to modify Medicare physician payment formula
A coalition of U.S. legislators has drafted a bill that would tie annual changes in Medicare physician reimbursement to inflation as measured by the Medicare Economic Index. Read more.