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Overlap Between Mandatory and Voluntary Value-Based Kidney Care Model Participation and Home Dialysis Use.

Key takeaways

Medicare has run two payment programs since 2021 and 2022 that pay kidney care providers to help more patients dialyze at home. One is required, one is voluntary. This study checked whether clinics in one or both programs had more patients on home dialysis than clinics in neither. It compares groups that were already different, so it shows a link, not proof that the programs caused the change.

Who did this work

Tummalapalli SL · Reddy YNV · Zhao Y · Bao Y · Zhu J · Navathe AS

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD progression and prevention · 2026 Sep 4
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42726495/