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QIP: 10 Least Penalized States

The following slides highlight the 10 states that were least penalized under the new ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP). ...More
December 21, 2011
Posted in Galleries, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
QIP: 10 Most Penalized States

The following slides highlight the 10 states that were most penalized under the new ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP). ...More
December 20, 2011
Posted in Galleries, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Majority of Dialysis Clinics Don't See QIP Cuts

WASHINGTON—More than two-thirds of U.S. dialysis clinics will not see a payment reduction in 2012 from the new federal pay-for-performance system, according to a Dec. 15 news release from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). ...More
December 15, 2011
Posted in News, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
What to Expect from the ESRD Quality Incentive Program

In this article, the focus will be on the ESRD QIP. There were 88 public comments received on the QIP, and the final QIP rule reflects important changes relative to the proposed rule. The greatest changes in the QIP will be for payment year 2014 ...More
November 4, 2011
Posted in Articles, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
CMS, NRAA to Start Testing HIE System

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA) have started to test its health information exchange (HIE) that will allow all dialysis providers to batch submit their data to CROWNWeb, according to a Nov. 2 ...More
November 3, 2011
Posted in Blog, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
CMS Raises Dialysis Reimbursement for 2012, Revises QIP

WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule Nov. 1 that increases dialysis reimbursement in 2012 and alters the quality incentive program (QIP) by removing the lower hemoglobin target for anemia management in 2013 and expands the ...More
November 2, 2011
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
CMS Proposes to Ease ESRD Federal Fire Code Rules

WASHINGTON—Medicare is proposing to ease federal fire safety regulations after finding the extra structural requirements would impose large costs on already fire-safe dialysis facilities ...More
October 19, 2011 By Keith Chartier
Posted in Articles, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
2011 USRDS Report By the Numbers

The following slides highlight some of the major ESRD-related highlights from the latest USRDS report, which was released in mid-October. ...More
October 18, 2011
Posted in Galleries, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
AKF Releases Online Courses on ESRD Adherence, Payment

ROCKVILLE, Md.—The American Kidney Fund (AKF) has released two new online courses for medical professionals: Perspectives on Adherence and Navigating the End Stage Renal Disease Payment System. ...More
October 13, 2011
Posted in News, Practice Management
Advance Directives Decrease Medicare End-of-Life Expenditures

CHICAGO—Medicare patients with advance directives specifying limits in treatment who lived in regions with higher levels of end-of-life spending were less likely to have an in-hospital death, averaged significantly lower end-of-life Medicare spending and had significantly ...More
October 10, 2011
Posted in News, Practice Management