CMS Delays Dialysis Star Ratings For 3 Months; Industry, Patients Say That’s Insufficient
Published by Inside Health Policy John Wilkerson September 10, 2014 CMS is delaying the dialysis star rating program, but the dialysis centers and patient advocates that have harshly criticized the program are not happy because CMS plans to use the three-month delay for public education and has no plans to change the program. Trade and…
CMS Puts Dialysis Center Rating System on Hold
Published by Long-Term Living Lois Bowers September 10, 2014 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has delayed until January implementation of a five-star rating system for dialysis centers similar to the one already used for nursing homes. The original launch date was to be Oct. 1. The federal agency announced that it needed…
Memo: CMS to delay five-star rating system for dialysis facilities
Published by Nephrology News & Issues September 10, 2014 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has agreed to delay implementation of its five-star rating system for dialysis facilities until January, according to a memo received by dialysis advocacy groups this morning. The renal community has been critical of the system, saying it had little…
CMS Delays Dialysis Center Five-Star Rating System
Published by Modern Healthcare Sabriya Rice September 10, 2014 The federal government will wait until January to roll out its five-star rating system meant to help consumers compare quality at dialysis centers and is reevaluating the timeline for extending it to hospitals and home care providers. Use of the system on the CMS’ dialysis centers…
More Medicare Star Ratings Coming Soon—Unless Providers Can Put the Brakes On
Published by Modern Healthcare Sabriya Rice August 30, 2014 Hospital groups and dialysis and home care providers are warning that a five-star rating system the CMS plans to apply to them as early as this fall is more likely to confuse consumers than help them meaningfully compare providers’ quality and safety. The star system, already…
Rumors Circulate That CMS Will Delay Dialysis Star-Rating Program
Published by Inside Health Policy John Wilkerson August 29, 2014 Industry lobbyists say they hear that CMS will announce, possibly soon after Labor Day, that it is delaying the dialysis star-rating system that has been the target of criticism from dialysis facilities, patients and even the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. They caution that they’ve not…
MedPAC Urges CMS to Delay 5-Star Rating System Implementation
Published by Nephrology News & Issues Rebecca Zumoff August 21, 2014 The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has recommended that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services delay implementation of its five star rating system for dialysis facilities, which is scheduled to go live on Dialysis Facility Compare in October. “We urge that CMS delay the…
Medicare: MedPAC Responds to ESRD Payments Rule, Urges Delay of New Dialysis Facility
Published by Bloomberg BNA Michael D. Williamson August 20, 2014 In comments to the CMS, a Congressional advisory commission addressed rebasing and revising bundling provisions found in the end-stage renal disease payments proposed rule for 2015, and it also urged the delay of a dialysis facility rating program not contained in the rule. The Medicare…
MedPAC Advises CMS To Delay Dialysis Star Rating System
Published by Inside Health Policy John Wilkerson August 19, 2014 Echoing provider and patient complaints, congressional Medicare advisers say CMS should delay the looming dialysis star rating system until it can get public feedback and justify a second-quality measure system. However, a dialysis provider representative said CMS officials recently told providers and patients that they…
KCP Calls on Medicare Officials To Delay And Revise Dialysis Five-Star Program
If Implemented, Program Risks Confusing, Misleading Patients and Public WASHINGTON, DC – Kidney Care Partners (KCP), concerned that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) planned End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Five-Star Program will confuse and mislead patients, called on the Agency to delay implementation and work with the community to provide useful, meaningful, and…