CMS Finalizes Add-On Pay For Home Dialysis Equipment In 2021

CMS on Monday (Nov. 2) finalized new Medicare add-on payments for innovative dialysis equipment that can be used in the home as part of its 2021 end-stage renal disease pay rule and expects to raise pay for free-standing ESRD facilities by 2%. The proposal for in-home dialysis equipment add-on pay builds on the policy that CMS announced last year for two calendar years of add-on pay for facilities that introduce new renal dialysis equipment and supplies. Under the rule,...