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Latest US Renal Data System report examines Medicare Advantage, post-COVID-19 care
The latest edition of the United States Renal Data System Annual Data Report offers a look at outcomes from the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as outcomes in the Medicare Advantage and Medicaid programs among patients with kidney disease.
After 2 years, ‘no evidence’ of changes in home dialysis, transplant in ESRD demonstration
A report evaluating progress in the End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices model concluded that the demonstration showed “no evidence” of improvement in home dialysis and transplant rates after 2 years.
Study: CMS penalized clinics in ESRD demonstration with patients at greater social risk
CMS levied fines for poor performance in the first year of its End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices model against dialysis clinics with higher proportions of patients at social risk, a recently published study shows.
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.
In final rule, CMS increases Medicare payments for dialysis facilities to 2.1% for 2024
CMS has released a final rule for the prospective payment system that increases the Medicare bundled payment rate for dialysis treatments by 2.1% in 2024, up from a 1.6% increase proposed in June.
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.
More than 10 years later, it is time to rethink the ESRD payment bundle
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.” – Apple founder Steve Jobs
Patient-centered, value-based care remains part of reimagining the Medicare ESRD Program
As a teenager at camp in 1973, a looming tornado forced Dori Schatell, MS, and her fellow campers into the basement of the lodge. While waiting out the storm, counselors shared two ethical dilemmas with the teens to pass the time.
Medicare ESRD Program has saved many lives, but government policy has slowed its potential
Last year, the kidney community marked the 50th anniversary of the Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease Program.
Fifty years later, ESKD patient population is heading for a (lower) steady state
In October 2022, the United States marked 50 years since the passage of Social Security Act amendments that created the Medicare entitlement for end-stage kidney disease.