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Market Intel: Large Providers Focus On Hemodialysis Home Care; New Incentive By Presidential Executive Order

 
• By Bob Kronemyer

Momentum is rising for patients with chronic kidney disease to be treated with hemodialysis in the comfort of their own home as opposed to traveling several days a week to a freestanding clinic. Manufacturers, government and payers are paving the way for a higher home-therapy adoption rate. That said, many patients remain unsuitable for home care and the large volume of water needed to operate hemodialysis can be logistically daunting.

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The latest salvo to improve kidney care in the US is a 10 July executive order from the Trump administration, with one of the key goals being to raise the percentage of dialysis patients on home dialysis to 80% by 2025 from 12% today.

The initiative is being supported by five new proposed kidney-care models from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide incentives for the use of home dialysis for...

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