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End-stage renal disease services would be reimbursed at $2.18 more under the proposed ESRD pay rule CMS unveiled Thursday (June 27) — an increase kidney care advocates say won’t keep up with growing costs. “The market basket increase just does not reflect the reality of the increase in costs that facilities have experienced,” a Kidney Care Partner…

Kidney dialysis providers would get a 2.2% Medicare reimbursement hike next year under a proposed rule the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued Thursday. The agency also intends to go forward with a payment bundling plan including oral-only drugs for kidney disease patients with high phosphorus levels. Dialysis providers have said making them responsible…

Please join the National Minority Quality Forum Action Network Thursday, June 27 for our Protecting Health Equity in Kidney Care Senate briefing. This briefing will be for Congressional staff, patient advocates, medical stakeholders, and health equity leaders to discuss impending restrictions on critical medicine for kidney dialysis patients and the urgent need for Congressional action on the Kidney PATIENT…

A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would slow efforts by commercial health plans from moving patients with end-stage kidney disease to Medicare now has 30 co-sponsors, according to a press release. Click here to see the full article on the Healio website.

Members of the U.S. Senate have reintroduced a bill that would provide Medicare funding for preventive screenings for kidney disease, add payments for innovative devices and allow patients younger than 65 years to buy Medigap coverage. Click here to see the full article.

For 50 years, the community-based dialysis center where I work has helped close healthcare gaps in our community by ensuring that patients can access high-quality kidney care in a convenient setting. But next January, a pending policy would make it much harder for our patients to maintain control over their care. Here’s why.  Click here…

Fifty years ago, the government created the Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease system to ensure that all patients with end-stage renal disease (ERSD), or kidney failure, could access dialysis treatment. The 1972 legislation was, in part, intended to prevent policies that were effectively rationing life-saving care at the time.    Click here to read the full article.

CMS and HHS have announced a proposed rule aimed at improving the performance of transplant centers and addressing disparities in access to kidney transplants. The 6-year demonstration would be mandatory for about one-third of transplant centers in the United States and begin Jan. 1, 2025. Click here to read the full article.

Healio | Nephrology News & Issues recently interviewed Mahesh Krishnan, MD, MPH, MBA, the new chair of Kidney Care Partners, about goals for the advocacy group in the coming year. Click here to see the full article.

Roughly 37 million Americans live with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and of those 37 million, more than 800,000 have seen their condition progress to end-stage renal disease (ESRD), also known as kidney failure. For these individuals, access to life-sustaining kidney care, including critical dialysis treatments, means the difference between life and death. Unfortunately, a recent Supreme…