Kidney Care Choices
Health care policy fellowship helps practitioners understand intricacies of ESRD program
Being able to interpret the alphabet soup of health care policy related to kidney care is daunting for experienced clinicians.
Speaker: CMS optimistic about outcomes from Kidney Care Choices model
NEW ORLEANS — CMS is optimistic that results from its Kidney Care Choices model will show improved outcomes and cost savings to the Medicare program when completed in 2026, according to a speaker here.
Panoramic Health grows as a member of the Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting program
Panoramic Health announced significant growth as a participant in Medicare’s Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting program within the Kidney Care Choices Model, according to a press release.
CMS approves additional entities for second year of Kidney Care Choices model
CMS has approved 50 new kidney contracting entities to participate in the second year of the Kidney Care Choices demonstration, which focuses on providing care for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, according to a press release.
Review of 2022 cover stories: CMS Innovation Center launches Kidney Care Choices model
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation launched the Kidney Care Choices model to pay nephrologists and their practice teams to treat patients with stage 4 and 5 chronic kidney disease.
NKF Innovation Fund invests in 34 Lives to accelerate development of proprietary process
The National Kidney Foundation Innovation Fund announced an investment in 34 Lives, a startup company that is developing a proprietary process to rehabilitate donated kidneys, according to a press release.
More than half of patients report decisional conflict about kidney failure modalities
A high prevalence of patients with chronic kidney disease report decisional conflict about kidney failure treatment, regardless of their risk of kidney failure, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.
Renal administrators meeting to cover cost reporting, legislative and technology topics
The Renal Healthcare Association’s Annual Conference will bring kidney care professionals together to learn and network about facility management and patient care, organizers.
Drug coverage in the ESRD payment bundle is a guessing game for dialysis providers
Support of research and innovation in health care is one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement in Washington, D.C.
Calyxo closes $32 million financing round to expand kidney treatment technology
Calyxo Inc. has closed $32 million in Series C financing, the company announced in a press release. The financing was led by CRG and Questa Capital; Calyxo will use the funds to evolve its kidney stone treatment solutions.