Model focuses on reducing costs and improving quality of care for
patients
On September 18, CMS announced it has finalized the End-Stage
Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) Model, to improve or maintain the
quality of care and reduce Medicare expenditures for patients with chronic
kidney disease. The ETC Model delivers on President Trump’s Advancing Kidney
Health Executive Order and encourages an increased use of home dialysis and
kidney transplants to help improve the quality of life of Medicare
beneficiaries with ESRD. The ETC Model will impact approximately 30 percent of
kidney care providers and will be implemented on January 1, 2021 at an
estimated savings of $23 million over five and a half years.
“Over the past year, the Trump Administration has taken more action
to advance American kidney health than we’ve seen in decades,” said HHS
Secretary Alex Azar. “This new payment model helps address a broken set of
incentives that have prevented far too many Americans from benefiting from
enjoying the better lives that could come with more convenient dialysis options
or the possibility of a transplant.”
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