Policy and Politics News

CMS has released a proposed rule that would add $6.19 starting in January to the current bundled payment rate for dialysis treatments.

The American Kidney Fund announced its support for the passage of legal protections for living organ donors in Minnesota and Louisiana.

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network identified a 5.1% increase in transplants per 100 active patient years following its 2021 policy change, according to a presentation at the American Transplant Congress.

The United States Preventive Services Task Force added screening for chronic kidney disease to its list of preventive services under active consideration, according to a press release.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, issued an advisory addressing the alarming rate of burnout among health care workers.

The American Kidney Fund announced its support for the passing of The Giving the Gift of Life Act, which protects living organ donors in the state of Georgia.

CMS has released a proposed rule setting eligibility requirements for a new law offering immunosuppressive drug coverage for more patients with a kidney transplant.

The American Kidney Fund announced its support for the passing of S.B. 218, which helps protect living donors in Delaware.

Dialysis providers saw a change in the payment model for treating Medicare patients when CMS instituted the Prospective Payment System in 2011.

BOSTON — The keynote speaker at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings discussed racial disparities in the United States and how physicians can change their practices and political behavior to achieve health equity.