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The resulting CMS proposal was issued July 1, and would cut dialysis providers’ reimbursement by 9.4 percent beginning in 2014. If approved, the rule would reduce payments by approximately $1 billion nationwide at a time when Medicare funding for dialysis is already hampered by unfunded mandates and previous cuts, including cuts tied to sequestration. “CMS has the authority—and the obligation—to protect people with kidney failure,” said Mark Burke, President and CEO of Satellite Healthcare. “Simply put, cuts of the magnitude outlined in the proposed rule will be detrimental to people who depend on dialysis to live.” With approximately 85 percent of U.S. dialysis patients relying on Medicare for their treatments, the proposal would impact more than 400,000 Americans. An additional 20 million are at increased risk of ESRD due to health and genetic factors and may require dialysis in the future.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 23:30:42 +0000

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