Redsense Medical comments on new proposed CMS rule for raising bundled reimbursement to increase access to home dialysis
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new proposed rule to update payment policies and rates on or after January 1, 2021. The rule builds on the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative Executive Order for home dialysis and would increase the bundled dialysis payment, which in turn would expand a financial incentive to encourage innovation of new home dialysis equipment. The US Social Security Act stipulates that Medicare payments be made to service providers under a method of reimbursement called PPS (Prospective Payment System), where the respective payment amounts