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National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA)

NRAA Launches NRAA HIE for CROWNWeb

PHILADELPHIA—The National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA) has launched its innovative NRAA HIE (Health Information Exchange) to help independent, regional, and community-based dialysis providers electronically submit data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...More
5 weeks ago
Posted in News, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
NRAA Joins CMS Demonstration Pilot

PHILADELPHIA—The National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA) has partnered with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Phase III CROWNWeb demonstration pilot using an innovative Health Information Exchange (HIE) approach. ...More
February 23, 2012
Posted in News, Business
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
NRAA Unveils CROWNWeb Batch Submission Tool

NEW ORLEANS—The National Renal Administrator Association (NRAA) unveiled on Oct. 6 the specifics behind its plan to help small- and medium-sized dialysis organizations batch submit their data to CROWNWeb. ...More
October 6, 2011
Posted in Articles, Business, Practice Management
NRAA Honors Barry Straube with Award

NEW ORLEANS—Former Medicare chief medical officer Barry Straube, MD, was awarded the National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA) Mark Zawiski Award on Oct. 6 at the NRAA annual meeting. ...More
October 6, 2011
Posted in Articles, Business
NRAA Names New Executive Director

NEW ORLEANS—The National Renal Administrators Association has named Marc Chow to be the organization’s new, full-time executive director. ...More
October 6, 2011
Posted in Articles, Business
Transition Adjuster Fight Continues

Despite 2011 and the new bundled payment system knocking on the doorstep, the issue of the transition adjuster seems to be stalled, for now, in Washington D.C. ...More
December 20, 2010
Posted in Blog, Business, Government & Regulation
Renal Community Fights Bundle Transition Adjuster

WASHINGTON—With the new dialysis bundled payment looming, the renal community is asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to rethink a 3.1 percent cut in reimbursement designed to offset the potential increased costs of transitioning to the new payment ...More
October 25, 2010 By Keith Chartier
Posted in News, Business, Practice Management
NRAA Releases Free Bundled Payment Tool

The National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA) has released a free Web-based tool to help estimate the impact the new bundled payment will have on dialysis clinics. ...More
August 19, 2010
Posted in Blog, Business, Practice Management
CROWNWeb Set to Move into Second Phase on Aug. 3

WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has started to recruit volunteer dialysis clinics for the second phase of CROWNWeb implementation that starts August 3, according to the National Renal Administrators Association’s June 26 Renal Watch email. ...More
June 29, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management