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CMS approves chronic kidney disease payment model
September 18, 2020
CMS on Friday unveiled its alternative payment model for patients with chronic kidney disease.
The End-Stage Renal Disease ESRD Treatment Choices—ETC—model encourages increased home dialysis use and kidney transplants. According to the agency, it will affect nearly a third of kidney care providers and save the federal government about $23 million over five and a half years.
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