Tag: Kidney

 Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s leading kidney care multi-stakeholder coalition representing patient advocates, physician organizations, health professional groups, dialysis providers, researchers and manufacturers – thanks members of the House Ways and Means Committee for advancing policy to delay for two years inclusion of oral-only drugs from the ESRD PPS payment bundle. Today’s House Ways and Means Committee development is a critically helpful milestone in the care and treatment of individuals with ESRD, who face multiple obstacles to adequate care, including diminished access to innovative therapies, reduced availability of clinical supports due to an underfunded Medicare payment system, and ... Read more

 Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s largest non-profit, non-partisan kidney care coalition dedicated to protecting access and comprised of more than 30 organizations, including patients, dialysis professionals, physicians, nurses, researchers, therapeutic innovators, transplant coordinators, and manufacturers – today issued the following statement expressing disappointment with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule on End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS), Payment for Renal Dialysis Services Furnished to Individuals with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program (QIP), and End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model (ETC): KCP is extremely concerned the CMS ESRD ... Read more

 Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s largest non-profit, non-partisan coalition of more than 30 organizations representing patients, professional care providers, and a wide range of kidney care stakeholders – thanks the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for proposing new policies in the CY 2023 Changes to the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System and Quality Incentive Program Proposed Rule that seek to address recommendations KCP has made related to both the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) and the End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program (QIP) “We appreciate this opportunity to work with the ... Read more

 Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s largest non-profit, non-partisan coalition of more than 30 organizations, comprising patients, dialysis professionals, physicians, nurses, researchers, therapeutic innovators, transplant coordinators, and manufacturers – today, expressed deep disappointment in the Supreme Court ruling on Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Benefit Health Plan v. DaVita, citing concern about discrimination in accessing affordable quality care for individuals living with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and its impact on growing health inequities. “The insurer practice at issue – shifting patients prematurely to Medicare – will exacerbate inequalities in access and quality care for an already vulnerable population. This ruling ... Read more

 Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s largest non-profit kidney care coalition of more than 30 organizations, comprising patients, physicians, nurses, researchers, transplant coordinators, dialysis professionals, therapeutic innovators and manufacturers– recently announced the community’s policy priorities for 2022. KCP is dedicated to working on issues ranging across the full spectrum of the kidney disease continuum from education and prevention to early intervention to dialysis and, finally, to transplant and post-transplant care. The recently released policy priorities document outlines four key areas of focus: · Supporting patient choice in treatment options;· Reforming the Medicare ESRD Benefit;· Advancing kidney care quality; and· ... Read more