Skilled Nursing News July 10, 2019
The federal government on Wednesday unveiled a new proposed payment model for certain kidney-related conditions, and several providers in the space say it could have serious potential for skilled nursing operators.
Under the proposed End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) model, Medicare would expand coverage of care for kidney diseases and offer financial incentives for the provision of dialysis services in the home — which, for the purposes of the rule, would also include the skilled nursing setting.
“The government is looking at a skilled nursing facility as a home for this treatment,” Henry Kauftheil, chairman and co-founder of dialysis provider Dialyze Direct, told Skilled Nursing News.