CMS Poised To Miss Deadline To Finalize Hospital Outpatient, Home Health, ESRD Pay Rules
With only the physician fee schedule posted on the Federal Register Friday evening (Oct. 31), the Trump administration seems poised to miss its deadline to finalize three Medicare pay rules by Nov. 1, the date necessary to comply with the 60-day notice so the rules can go into effect on Jan. 1, 2026. CMS will now have…
Kidney Care Partners Submits Comments on Section 232 Investigation into Medical Devices
Nation’s Largest Kidney Care Coalition Urges Administration to Preserve Access to Care for Those Living with ESRD WASHINGTON – Kidney Care Partners (KCP)—the nation’s largest non-profit, non-partisan kidney care coalition representing patients, dialysis professionals, physicians, nurses, researchers, therapeutic innovators, transplant coordinators, and manufacturers—today submitted comments to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) under the…
Op-ed: Medicare payment reform needed to support innovation in kidney care
Imagine being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness—only to learn that your doctor is limited to using treatments and tools from the 2000s instead of more advanced therapies. That’s exactly what’s happening to patients with kidney disease today. While treatments in other advanced disease states, such as cancer and heart disease, are improving at an exponential…
Medicare Outpatient Hospital, ESRD Treatment Pay Rules Sent To OMB
Federal rulemaking is continuing despite the on-going government shutdown, which has now led to new reductions in force, with the White House Office of Management and Budget receiving several health care rules since Oct. 1, including the Medicare pay rules for outpatient care and end-stage renal disease treatment and a rule on drug pricing. Click here…