While at the ASN I bumped into Barry Straube who retired about 1 year ago as the chief medical officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He alerted me to the final rule issued by CMS today (Nov 2, 2012). It's about 300 pages long. Here are some headlines from an article by Rich Daly in ModernHealthcare):
1. Dialysis units will be paid less than anticipated: 2.3% rather than 2.5% according to a final rule issued Friday (PDF). (see
1. Dialysis units will be paid less than anticipated: 2.3% rather than 2.5% according to a final rule issued Friday (PDF). (see
2. CMS will use
2013 performance scores on the QIP measures for a broader range of patients to
calculate dialysis facilities' payments in 2015.
3. About 20%, or 1,093, of
ESRD facilities will likely face payment reductions of up to 2% in 2015 under
the rule's final QIP measures
