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Advocating for
Kidney Patients
The American Kidney Fund advocates for policies to improve the health of millions of Americans and their families who are living with, or are at risk of developing, kidney disease.
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On July 26, The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule on the ESRD Prospective Payment System. The Final Rule hanges the way that dialysis services are paid for. It establishes a “bundled” for dialysis services, such as dialysis treatments and supplies, certain ESRD-related drugs, and ESRD-related clinical laboratory tests. Read More
On March 23, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the "PPACA"). Read More
On March 17, the American Kidney Fund, Dialysis Patient Citizens, Renal Support Network and National Kidney Foundation sent a letter to Congress asking them to reconsider certain provisions of the proposed payment system that have been identified by the kidney community as a potential source of unintended consequences for individuals who need dialysis care. Read More
On July 15, 2008 the U.S. House and Senate voted to enact H.R. 6331, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act. Read More
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