GAO Tracks Decline In ESA Use Following Regulatory Changes

A Government Accountability Office report finds that use of erthryopoiesis-stimulating agents in dialysis decreased 31% from 2007 to the end of 2011 after Medicare’s bundled dialysis payment was changed to include drugs and FDA revised dosing recommendations.

Use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) dropped 31% in Medicare from 2007 to the end of 2011 as a result of changes in reimbursement and more conservative dosing recommendations from FDA, a Government Accountability Office report says.

GAO was directed by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 to report on trends in the...

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