Dialysis Patient Citizens News
Dialysis Patient Citizens Provides Comments to CMS on ESRD Quality Incentive Program
Letter Outlines Key Priorities Including Timeliness of Data, Lower Level Hemoglobin Measure (Washington, DC) - Yesterday, Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC), the nation’s largest, patient-led dialysis organization, provided comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Proposed Rule for the Changes to the End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System for CY 2012, End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program for PY 2013 and PY 2014. As a member of Kidney Care Partners (KCP), DPC stated its strong support for the comments submitted by [...]
DPC’s Letter to Acting Director Richard J. Gilfillan for CMMI
Acting Director Richard J. Gilfillan, M.D. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Mail Stop C5-15-12, Room C5-15-03 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Dear Dr. Gilfillan: Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC), the nation’s largest dialysis patient organization, is writing to encourage the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to implement a large-scale program targeted at improving health outcomes and quality of care for beneficiaries with end stage renal disease (ESRD), which would build on the [...]
Shared Savings Program and Accountable Care Organizations
Dr. Donald Berwick Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building Room 445-G 200 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC 20201 Re: CMS-1345-P: Medicare Program; Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations Dear Dr. Berwick: Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) appreciates the opportunity to comment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Proposed Rule for the Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). As America’s largest dialysis patient organization, DPC seeks to ensure that the patient’s [...]