Medicare Bundling Proposal
Update: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the final rule to implement a new bundled prospective payment system for Medicare outpatient dialysis services. Read about Medicare's final rule >
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.
Northwest Kidney Centers Perspectives on Bundling
- Northwest Kidney Centers' comments submitted to CMS
- An Explanation of Bundling
- Northwest Kidney Centers key messages about the bundling proposal
- Home Hemodialysis Work Group comments
Northwest Kidney Centers 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
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)