Chief Healthcare Executive October 9, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ latest proposed rule regarding Medicare reimbursement for dialysis has missed an opportunity to support the kidney community.
In recent years, lawmakers have turned their attention to advancing racial equity and creating opportunities for the improvement of historically underserved communities – and rightly so.
The urgent need for such improvements is dramatically apparent for people who have end-stage renal disease (ESRD), or kidney failure. While people of all races and ethnicities develop chronic kidney disease (CKD) at similar rates, ESRD disproportionately impacts people of color.
Black Americans make up 13% of the U.S. population, but the disparities are evident when one considers that they account for 35% of Americans with kidney failure and are...
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