CMS Reports To Congress On A Fully Bundled Medicare Payment System For ESRD, USA

Improvements in how Medicare pays kidney dialysis centers could more efficiently deliver services to Medicare beneficiaries with end stage renal disease (ESRD), according to a report to Congress by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “The analysis lays a solid foundation to implement a more accurate payment system, which would benefit these patients,” said CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems.

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on February 26th, 2008