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CMS Proposes Dialysis Pay Models In Response To Executive Order On Kidney Health

 
• By Sue Darcey

Prompted by a presidential executive order on advancing kidney health, the US Medicare agency has proposed five new end-stage renal disease (ESRD) payment models to encourage greater use of home dialysis and kidney transplants to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

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The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced a slate of new payment models to incentivize more use of home dialysis for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease and encourage more kidney transplants.

The models were spurred by an “Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health,” signed by President Trump on 10 July. The order called for “increasing patient choice through affordable...

While the current Medicare payment system encourages in-center hemodialysis as the default treatment for patients with ESRD, many of these patients suffer from poor health outcomes, such as higher hospitalizations...

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