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Medicare Payment Policy For Dialysis Drugs Seeks To Promote Innovation, Restrain Costs

 
• By Cathy Kelly

More new dialysis drugs would be eligible for Medicare add-on payments under proposed rule, but payment amounts would be lower.

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The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to broaden the pool of new prescription drugs for end-stage renal disease that are eligible for add-on reimbursement payments from Medicare.

The new policy is part of a proposed rule updating the Medicare end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system for 2019

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