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Dialysis From The Sharp End Of The Needle

Tracking industry news and trends, in advocacy, reimbursement, politics and the provision of dialysis.
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Medicare's proposed reimbursement rule matters; your input is needed

Nov 5, 2009
By Bill Peckham There are now over 300 comments to the proposed rule to implement a new prospective payment system for facilities that provide dialysis services to Medicare beneficiaries (PDF link (183 pages)). There have not been very many comments...

Dialysis & CKD Blog Report 11/3

Nov 3, 2009
By Miriam Lippel Blum CMS announced a 30 day extension of the comment period for the new proposed rule for dialysis payment. Comments on the Proposed Rule are now due by 5:00 pm on December 16. Submit them here. If you don't understand how this...

ESRD PPS Public Comments Available as Excel File or Web Page

Nov 2, 2009
By Bill Peckham So far nearly 300 comments have been made in response to the ESRD Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule. The comment period goes through November 16th. If you are ready to comment submit them here. If you don't understand how...

Travel isn't the issue, lack of self care is the issue

Nov 2, 2009
By Bill Peckham RenalWEB links to a press release from the American Society of Nephrology reporting a poster presented last week at Renal Week: Travel may be hazardous to dialysis patients: The investigators concluded that travel among...

Northwest Kidney Centers dialysis payment forums this week

Nov 2, 2009
By Bill Peckham The Northwest kidney centers has an excellent bundling resource page on their website as part of their effort to engage patients and the rest of the community in the dialysis payment rule making process. In addition  NKC is...


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