Kidney Failure
Statement by Dr. Edward Jones, Chairman of Kidney Care Partners in Response to CMS Payment Bundling Report
Published in Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week, March 15th, 2008
In response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) payment bundling report released earlier this week, Kidney Care Partners (KCP) -- an alliance of patient advocates, dialysis professionals, care providers and manufacturers working together to improve quality of care for individuals with kidney disease and kidney failure -- applauds CMS for issuing its long-awaited report which recognizes the importance of much needed reform surrounding the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) program for the hundreds of thousands of Americans suffering from kidney failure.
Specifically, KCP noted the report's emphasis on the under-funding of the composite payment rate - the...
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