Misaligned payment polices hurt efforts to develop innovative kidney care solutions
In the pursuit of progress in patient-centered kidney care, it is essential to recognize the vital role that access to innovation plays in providing hope to people battling kidney disease. Click here to see the full article.
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. The new base rate will be $271.02 starting Jan. 1. Click here to see the full article.
Kidney Care Partners Disappointed with Final ESRD Prospective Payment System Rule
WASHINGTON – Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s largest non-profit, non-partisan kidney care coalition dedicated to protecting access and comprised of more than 30 organizations, including patients, dialysis professionals, physicians, nurses, researchers, therapeutic innovators, transplant coordinators, and manufacturers – today expressed deep disappointment and concern with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…
Medicare Dialysis Center Payments to Reach $6.7 Billion in 2024
Medicare payments to hospital-based dialysis centers will increase 3.1% in 2024, while freestanding centers will see a 2% payment bump under a final rule from Biden administration. Click here to see the full article.
Kidney Stakeholders Say CMS Sets Up Pay Cliff, Want Congress To Step In
Kidney Care Partners called CMS’ final 2024 end-stage renal disease pay rule a “slap in the face” Friday (Oct. 27) as the coalition says the rule’s 2.1% pay update is grossly insufficient and the agency has set up a pay cliff with its post-Transitional Drug Add-on Payment Adjustment pay policy finalized in Friday’s rule. Click…
Support the Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act (HR 5027)
For a few years I’ve written about the importance of the federal government investing in a dialysis moonshot. Nothing big has happened, at least so far. Recent surveys and, separately, by coincidence, a bill introduced by two members of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means, underscore that chronic kidney disease (CKD) awareness,…
Medicare policy proposal jeopardizes care for those on dialysis
In recent years, lawmakers have turned their attention to advancing racial equity and creating opportunities for the improvement of historically underserved communities – and rightly so. The urgent need for such improvements is dramatically apparent for people who have end-stage renal disease (ESRD), or kidney failure. While people of all races and ethnicities develop chronic…
Kidney Care Partners Elects American Kidney Fund’s CEO LaVarne Burton to Serve in Leadership
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 – today announced that LaVarne A. Burton has been selected by her peers to succeed Mahesh Krishnan, MD, MPH, MBA as Chair-Elect of the organization. Burton serves as…
Individuals Living with Kidney Disease Deserve More From Our Healthcare System
A serious threat to our health care system – kidney disease – lurks among millions of Americans. When this disease progresses to kidney failure, intensive treatment is required multiple times a week and costs tens of thousands of dollars per year per individual. But, most troubling is nine out of 10 adults with this condition…
CMS payment policies threaten to undermine access to kidney care
When it comes to kidney disease, the numbers speak for themselves: 130,000 Americans are diagnosed with chronic kidney disease each year, and one in three adults is at risk of developing the disease. Without intervention, this disease can progress to kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a permanent stage of kidney disease where the…