Hospital-based end stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities are poised to receive a 2.6% increase in the ESRD prospective payment proposed rule for 2024, but home-based dialysis care is gaining traction. Experts are also recommending earlier screening for chronic kidney disease.
Under the 2024 End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment...National News
In addition to overturning Roe v. Wade and with it abortion access for millions of American women, the Supreme Court ended their term this year with a slew of other decisions that will carry new precedent for health industry legal cases going forward.
Last Friday, the high court announced an end to a years-long fight between the U.S....Open
Thanks to a partnership with Dr. Mandeep Sahani, a Phoenix-based nephrologist with Desert Kidney Associates, patients in Globe, AZ and surrounding areas in immediate need of dialysis don’t have to travel by helicopter or ambulance to Phoenix.
Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center CEO Neal Jensen,
Overall, it’s been nothing but a...News
CMS is continuing its focus on health disparities with a new proposal to update its various models and payment rates for End-Stage Renal Disease.
Announced last week, the proposal would have CMS pay $8.9 billion to ESRD facilities for dialysis services in 2022, a 1.2% increase from 2021. The base payment rate will increase by...National News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Farxiga (dapagliflozin) oral tablets to reduce the risk of kidney function decline, kidney failure, cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are at risk of disease progression.
The efficacy of Farxiga to improve kidney...National News
This week, CMS finalized changes related to the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for renal dialysis services furnished to individuals with acute kidney injury (AKI), and the ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP)
Because ESRD patients have the highest hospitalization rates due to COVID-19, the pandemic has...Arizona News
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing a new rule to assist people who require in-home treatment for end-stage renal disease.
The proposed calendar year 2021 End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) rule change would increase payment for home dialysis treatment and include new...National News
COVID-19 has rapidly changed the way healthcare looks in America, and Medicare Advantage is caught in the heart of the storm.
According to Kaiser Family Foundation, enrollment in MA plans more than doubled in the last decade, from 11.1 to 24.1 million. But now, the pandemic poses a particular threat to MA’s beneficiaries,...National News
Last week, CMS announced two new voluntary models and proposed regulations for two mandatory models in response to President Trump's Advancing American Kidney Health executive order.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) payment models are designed to transform kidney care so Medicare beneficiaries with end stage...