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DPC Comment Letter to CMS Recounts Heartbreaking Story of Rural Dialysis Clinic Closure
DPC has submitted its comments responding to this year’s Medicare ESRD Payment Rule. The Medicare agency is proposing a payment update of only 1.9%, which doesn’t keep pace with increasing costs. According to the [...]
DPC’s Letter to Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, on ESRD Prospective Payment System
August 27, 2025 The Honorable Mehmet Oz Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20001 Re: CMS-1830-P - End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System Dear Dr. Oz: Dialysis [...]
DPC’s 2025 Advocacy Day
Last week, DPC hosted our annual Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. where we bring together patients, family members, and care givers to meet with their Members of Congress to elevate the patient story for dialysis [...]
DPC’s Letter to Mr. Abe Sutton, Deputy Administrator at Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, on CKCC Revisions
July 9, 2025 Mr. Abe Sutton, Deputy Administrator Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Re: CKCC Revisions Dear Mr. Sutton: We are writing to protest the recent changes to [...]
Dialysis Patient Citizens Applauds Texas Legislature for Passing Historic Bill Expanding Affordable Medigap Access for Dialysis and ALS Patients
Austin, TX (June 23, 2025) – House Bill 2516 has become public law, a significant victory for Texans living with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), or kidney failure, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The legislation, [...]
Medigap Protections become Law in Nevada and Texas
Two historic bills that expand affordable access to Medicare Supplement Insurance coverage, otherwise known as Medigap, have passed with overwhelming support in the states of Nevada and Texas this legislative session. Both bills provide affordable [...]
