Medicare will now provide additional coverage for certain home dialysis equipment for patients with chronic kidney failure.
The final rule published today encourages the development of new and innovative home dialysis machines. It follows a September announcement of a new model to shift Medicare payments from traditional fee-for-service payments to payments in which providers are incentivized for encouraging the receipt of home dialysis and kidney transplants.
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