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Do Women Really Cost More to Dialyze?

For the first time in the history of renal reimbursement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed that reimbursement for dialysis be based on the patient’s sex. ...More
January 29, 2010
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Home Hemodialysis Work Group Bundling Comments

The following is a copy of comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services by the Home Hemodialysis Work Group in regards to the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, or the bundled payment. ...More
December 9, 2009
Posted in Articles, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Lab Rules in Bundle Could Burden Small Dialysis Organizations

Editor’s Note: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services held a town hall Oct. 23 to discuss the proposed bundled payment rule for the End-Stage Renal Disease Program. The following was the prepared statement from Connie Anderson, vice president of clinical ...More
October 27, 2009
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Renal Community Faces Tough Fight to Extend MSP

WASHINGTON—Parts of the renal community are looking to expand the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) provisions for dialysis as healthcare reform heats up, but the movement is facing opposition on Capitol Hill, according to an Oct. 21 report from Inside CMS. ...More
October 22, 2009
Posted in Articles, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
CMS Releases ESRD Bundled Payment Proposal

WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed Sept. 15 a new prospective payment system (PPS) for facilities that provide dialysis services to Medicare beneficiaries who have end-stage renal disease (ESRD). ...More
September 16, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Creative Restructuring of Medicare

Last month’s article regarding President Obama’s proposed budget for next year, 2010, seems to have hit home with many readers. I mentioned that www.whitehouse.gov/omb, which is the official site for the Office of Management and Budget, had a link for a fact ...More
April 10, 2009
Posted in Articles, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Obama's Budget/Stimulus Package and ESRD

I have received a great deal of insightful email regarding last month’s article and this has spurred me on to dig through the Internet to obtain timely information. So I want to discuss President Obama’s proposed budget for next year, 2010. Yes, it seems just like yesterday ...More
March 11, 2009
Posted in Articles, Business, Government & Regulation

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