Kidney Care Partners Commends House Ways and Means Committee’s Focus on Chronic Kidney Disease Coordination, Prevention
Nation’s Largest Kidney Care Coalition Urges Lawmakers to Stabilize, Modernize Medicare’s Kidney Care Benefit to Ensure Access to Quality Care, Innovations WASHINGTON – Kidney Care Partners (KCP)—the nation’s leading kidney care multi-stakeholder coalition representing patient advocates, physician organizations, health professional groups, dialysis providers, researchers, and manufacturers—commended the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health for…
We’re overdue for a kidney care refresh
Medicare policies for end-stage renal disease have had a chilling effect on innovation in patient care. It’s 2025, and it’s time to confront a hard truth: Medicare’s kidney disease care benefit isn’t perfect, and in many ways, it’s failing the individuals it was intended to protect – those living with kidney failure, or end-stage renal…
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…
Booker, Blackburn introduce Kidney Care Access Protection Act.
A bipartisan bill would modernize Medicare’s kidney care payment system, creating sustainable pathways for innovative drugs, devices, and technologies while addressing inflation pressures on dialysis providers. Kidney Care Partners, AKF, DPC, and RSN endorsed the legislation, calling it a critical step to expand access and incentivize innovation (KCP). Click here to read the full article.
Kidney Care Community Commends Introduction of Kidney Care Access Protection Act
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 commended Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) for introducing the bipartisan Kidney Care Access Protection Act (KCAPA) (S. 2730), which would ensure appropriate reimbursement for quality care…
Blackburn, Booker Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Kidney Care Access
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced the bipartisan Kidney Care Access Protection Act that would strengthen Medicare’s kidney care benefits by ensuring fair reimbursement for quality care and improving patient access to innovative treatments, devices, and technologies: Click here to read the full press release.
Kidney Care Access Protection Act: A Major Step Forward
Kidney Care Community Praises Legislative Initiative In an important development in the realm of healthcare, advocates for kidney care have expressed strong support for the recently introduced Kidney Care Access Protection Act (KCAPA). This legislation, sponsored by Senators Marsha Blackburn and Cory Booker, represents a significant move to enhance reimbursement frameworks for kidney care services,…