CMS Proposes Funding In-Home Dialysis for Acute Kidney Injury Patients

Published on July 4, 2024

The federal government has announced a federal rulemaking proposal that would extend Medicare coverage to include in-home dialysis for patients with acute kidney injury. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said in a June 27 announcement that it had issued a proposed rule, slated for publication in the July 5 Federal Register, that would update payment rates and policies of the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for 2025. Besides increasing overall expenditures in 2025 on the ESRD payment system by 2.2 percent, or around $170 million, the update includes a proposal to increase patient options for dialysis treatment for Medicare beneficiaries with acute kidney injury....

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