MedCity News July 7, 2020
A proposed rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would expand payments for new dialysis machines when used at-home.
Medicare plans could pay more for at-home dialysis machines, according to a proposed rule released today by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The agency plans to expand the “transitional add-on payment adjustment for new and innovative equipment and supplies” (TPNIES), allowing CMS to cover a portion of the cost of treatment with new at-home dialysis machines.
For the past year, CMS had been looking to expand treatment setting choices for dialysis patients. With the Covid-19 pandemic, that effort has taken on a new urgency.
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