CMS Unveils Dialysis ACOs; Dialysis Star Ratings Expected Later This Week

CMS announced Wednesday (Oct. 7) the participants in the dialysis accountable care organizations, and industry expects that later in the week the agency will announce details of the star-ratings program for end-stage renal disease. The dialysis ACO demonstration, called the Comprehensive ESRD Care Model, began Oct. 1. Both programs received a lot of criticism from chain dialysis facilities. CMS reopened the application process for the kidney care ACO demonstration two years ago, and that was after the agency delayed the...