Industry Questions Grassley’s Request To Hike Pay For Home Dialysis Training

By John Wilkerson / October 3, 2014 at 3:51 PM
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) is urging CMS to pay significantly more for home-dialysis training in the End Stage Renal Disease final rule expected to be issued within the next two weeks, but dialysis companies worry that an increase in training pay would be at the expense of payment for services provided at facilities. “Can CMS adopt a reimbursement policy that covers the actual cost of HHD training that remains within the overall reduced ESRD budget as directed by Congress earlier...


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