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Bundle Payment

The new end-stage renal disease payment system, also known as the bundle, is the biggest change in decades on how dialysis is reimbursed and will change the business and practice management strategies of dialysis clinics.

House Ways and Means Members Support Bundle Payments

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) asked in a May 28 letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner that CMS work collaboratively with ...More
2 weeks ago
Posted in News
OIG: CMS Could Save Millions by Adjusting ESRD Bundle for Anemia Drugs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services could have saved $529 million if the end-stage renal disease payment bundle had been adjusted to reflect current utilization of anemia management drugs, the Office of Inspector General concluded this week in a new report. ...More
May 13, 2013
Posted in News
Focus on Finance: Is the Bundle Payment Really Too High?

Per the Government Accountability Office (GAO)—the recent overall reduction in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) drug utilization suggests the bundled payment is too high. The GAO review was authorized and mandated by MIPPA (Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers ...More
March 5, 2013
Posted in Articles, Business
Slide Show: GAO Report

On December 7, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report, titled "End-Stage Renal Disease: Reduction in Drug Utilization Suggests Bundled Payment is Too High.“ ...More
December 19, 2012
Posted in Galleries, Business, Government & Regulation
New Edition of Core Curriculum for the Dialysis Technician Available

MADISON, Wisc.—Medical Education Institute (MEI) announced that the new 5th Edition of the Core Curriculum for the Dialysis Technician is available to help dialysis technicians learn how to provide safe, quality care to dialysis patients. The book is available in electronic ...More
December 3, 2012
Posted in News, Practice Management
Overview of the End-Stage Renal Disease 2013 Bundled Payment and 2015 QIP Final Rule

This slideshow highlights the most important aspects of the final rule regarding PPS and QIP. ...More
November 7, 2012
Posted in Galleries
New Kidney Care Rule Continues Implementation of Complex ESRD Payment Overhaul

WASHINGTON—Kidney Care Partners (KCP) commended the Administration for the latest round of federal regulations implementing the massive overhaul of the Medicare end-stage renal disease (ESRD) benefit but cautioned against additional changes until the overhaul is complete. ...More
November 6, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Billing Solutions: Medicare Advantage and ESRD PPS Update

By now most of you have heard about the end-stage renal disease perspective payment system (ESRD PPS) rule changes for 2013 and everyone has heard of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. However, surprising to me is that one of the items included with the proposed rule has ...More
October 25, 2012
Posted in Articles, Government & Regulation
Slide Show:The Shower Shirt Receives Approval from CMS

In the November print issue, Renal Business Today profiled Lisa Crites in "A Breast Cancer Survivor Puts Her Fashion Foot Forward to Fight Off Infections." Crites was diagnosed with breast cancer and decided to turn her disease into a positive and produce an invention, not ...More
October 24, 2012
Posted in Galleries
Advancement in Laboratory Services Since the Bundle

Since the advent of the bundle in January 2011, many things have changed regarding laboratory services. Advancements in information technology (IT) offer improvements worldwide for all types of industries, including health care. Laboratories are no exception. ...More
September 5, 2012
Posted in Articles, Business, Practice Management