MedCity News January 4, 2022
Michael Schroeder

Regence is partnering with Strive Health to deliver comprehensive kidney care to 16,000 Regence Medicare Advantage and commercially insured plan members in several Western states.

Taking advantage of recent changes to federal law, a Medicare Advantage plan is partnering with a healthcare provider to rein in kidney care costs.

Regence announced Tuesday that it is partnering with Strive Health to deliver comprehensive kidney care to 16,000 Regence Advantage and commercially insured plan members in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah.

Until 2021, Medicare beneficiaries with advanced kidney disease couldn’t access Medicare Advantage plans, except in limited circumstances. The 21st Century Cures Act changed that. Now all beneficiaries with end-stage kidney disease are allowed to enroll in such plans.

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