Government’s First Year Performance Results Confirm Success of Coordinated Care Models in Kidney Care for Improved Patient Outcomes, Medicare Savings
Comprehensive End Stage Renal Disease Model (CEC) Tests and Evaluates New Payment and Care Delivery Model Washington, DC – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its “Medicare Comprehensive End Stage Renal Disease Care Model Performance Year Results” findings, showing 12 of the 13 participating providers achieved approximately $75 million in savings to…
Kidney Community Applauds Bipartisan Senate Legislation to Improve and Expand Access to Kidney Care Treatments, Improve Quality of Life for Individuals with Kidney Disease and Kidney Failure
WASHINGTON, DC – Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s largest kidney coalition comprised of physician groups, providers, patient groups, manufacturers and researchers – today praised the introduction of Senate Bill 1890, “Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act” – a bill to improve the understanding of, and promote access to treatment for,…
Kidney Care Community Applauds the Passage of the Senate’s CHRONIC Care Act with Unanimous Consent
Kidney Community States Bill Will Improve Access to Quality Care, Expand Treatment Choice WASHINGTON, DC — Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s leading coalition of patient advocates, kidney disease professionals, dialysis care providers, researchers and manufacturers — today applauded the U.S. Senate for unanimously passing legislation with thoughtful, patient-centric policies to improve care for…
Kidney Community Executes Rapid Response to Help Dialysis Patients Affected by Hurricane Harvey
Providers, patient advocate groups, physicians and manufacturers step up to provide relief to dialysis patients across the Texas Gulf region WASHINGTON, DC – As thousands of dialysis patients in the Texas Gulf region face the reality of being stranded without access to vital health care treatments, Kidney Care Partners and its community of dialysis providers,…
Kidney Community Applauds Senate Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Improve and Expand Access to Kidney Care
S. 1729 would streamline and speed accreditation process for dialysis facilities WASHINGTON, DC — Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s leading coalition of patient advocates, kidney disease professionals, dialysis care providers, researchers and manufacturers – today applauded U.S. Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS), Mark Warner (D-VA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Todd Young (R-IN)…
Kidney Community Applauds House Ways & Means Committee’s Bipartisan Legislation to Improve and Expand Access to Kidney Care
H.R. 3168 and H.R. 3178 would provide innovative telemedicine solutions, streamline the accreditation process for dialysis facilities and stabilize funding WASHINGTON, DC — Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s leading coalition of patient advocates, kidney disease professionals, dialysis care providers, researchers and manufacturers – today endorsed the Ways and Means Committee’s approval of two bipartisan…
Kidney Community Applauds Bipartisan Legislation to Improve and Expand Access to Kidney Care
Bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA), John Lewis (D-GA) and Peter Roskam (R-IL) would expand access to kidney care treatments and improve patient quality of life WASHINGTON, DC – Kidney Care Partners (KCP) praised the introduction of bipartisan legislation that elevates care, expands access, and promotes research to benefit the…
Kidney Care Partners Commends Senate Finance Committee for the Reintroduction of the Chronic Care Bill
Kidney Community States Bipartisan Bill Would “Measurably Improve Access To Quality Care, Expand Treatment Choice” WASHINGTON, DC — Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s leading coalition of patient advocates, kidney disease professionals, dialysis care providers, researchers and manufacturers — commends Chairman Hatch, Ranking Member Wyden, Senators Isakson and Warner and fellow members of the Senate Finance…
New Government Report Highlights Disproportionately Low Research Investment in Kidney Disease, Which Now Impacts “17% of U.S. Adults”
Government Accounting Office (GAO) Report Demonstrates Funding Gaps Between Disease Prevalence vs. Investment in Research, Innovations, Cures WASHINGTON, D.C. – The newly released GAO report, National Institutes of Health: Kidney Disease Research Funding and Priority Setting, outlines the level status of the nation’s kidney disease research funding landscape and priority setting. The report underscores the…
Key Provision in 21st Century Cures Act Allows Access, Choice of Medicare Advantage Plans for Individuals with Kidney Failure
Kidney Care Community Lauds Provision As Significant Win for Nation’s Medicare Beneficiaries with Kidney Failure Washington, DC – President Obama signed the landmark 21st Century Cures Act today, following a bipartisan wave of support in the House and Senate, which contains a provision allowing Medicare beneficiaries with kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease (ESRD), access…