Medicare Bundling Proposal

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new prospective payment system (PPS) for facilities that provide dialysis services to Medicare beneficiaries who have end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Medicare is sorting through hundreds of citizen comments on its proposed new system. The two-month period for collecting public input closed Dec. 16. We expect Medicare to issue the final rules next summer. They are scheduled to become effective Jan. 1, 2011. Stay tuned for details as we learn more.
NKC Perspectives on Bundling

	NKC comments submitted to CMS   An Explanation of Bundling
	Northwest Kidney Centers key messages about the bundling proposal

   

    Home Hemodialysis Work Group comments
 

NKC Experts Testify
Northwest Kidney Centers spoke out at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Town Hall Meeting in October.

	Read a transcript of their testimony (PDF)
	Summary of the forum by NephrOnline

Other Perspectives on Bundling

Kidney Public Policy 101 - Good explanations of the rule-making process and potential effects of the current rule proposal on dialysis patients Perspectives from the Renal Support Network, a patient-focused organization Information from Home Dialysis Central about the ways the bundling proposal could affect people who dialyze at home Keep the Options Open - Key Issues for People on Dialysis and Their Loved Ones: Proposed ESRD Bundle Highlights MEI Draft MIPPA Comments - A detailed analysis of the impact of the proposed bundle on patients RenalWEB - News, discussion, and online resources related to the proposed bundling payment rule

The Proposal

  

	PRESS RELEASE: CMS Proposes New Prospective Payment System for Renal Dialysis Facilities
	Medicare Bundling Proposal - 547 pages (PDF)
	Highlights from the Medicare Bundling Proposal from Nephrology News & Issues, October 2009 (PDF)