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For New Kidney Failure Patients Under 65: Is Medicare or an …

By contrast, ACA coverage is subsidized on a sliding scale. Therefore, patients in a “sweet spot” of incomes between 100 percent and 200 percent of theSee more

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Medigap Coverage

WEBMedigap provides dialysis patients with financial security and access to lifesaving transplant surgery. Medicare only pays for 80% of an individual’s health care costs, making access …

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Protecting Dialysis Patients’ Health Coverage

WEBProtecting Dialysis Patients’ Health Coverage. By Hrant Jamgochian, CEO Dialysis Patient Citizens. Across the country, thousands of patients with end-stage renal …

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Medicare Kicks Off New Kidney Care Demonstration Project

WEBThe Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has announced 85 sites for its Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Demonstration Project, which started January 1, 2022. …

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Medicare Advantage

WEBMedicare Advantage Soon, ESRD patients will be permitted to enroll in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, potentially bringing major changes to ESRD care and how patients …

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New ACO Model Focuses on ESRD Patient Care

WEBThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the participants for the Comprehensive ESRD Care (CEC) Model, a new accountable care …

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Recent Healthcare Activity Focuses on Social Determinants of Health

WEBThe past two years have seen a flurry of activity aimed at addressing “social determinants of health” (SDOH) that historically get short shrift in the health care …

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Private Insurance Coverage

WEBPrivate Insurance Coverage. While most dialysis patients are entitled to Medicare, federal law also gives them the right to maintain their private, employer …

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Health Insurance Marketplaces Under Affordable Care Act Are …

WEBOn October 1, online health insurance exchanges went live. Here's what dialysis patients should know about the Affordable Care Act (also known as ACA or …

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Dialysis Patient Citizens Applauds New Legislation Restoring

WEBWASHINGTON, D.C. (December 20, 2023) -- Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC), the leading advocacy organization for dialysis patients nationwide, today released the following …

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DPC Urges Department of Insurance to Protect Dialysis Patient …

WEBMs. Laura Cali, Insurance Commissioner Department of Consumer & Business Services Insurance Division PO Box 14480 Salem, Oregon 97309-0405 Re: …

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Trump Administration Proposes New Rules to Increase …

WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today took major steps to increase the availability of organs for the 113,000 Americans on waitlists …

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Assembly Bill 290 Threatens Dialysis Quality and Access for …

WEBReceiving dialysis treatment three times a week is critical to survival for the 70,000 patients in California with End-Stage Renal Disease, or kidney failure. …

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Rhode Island Medigap Legislation Signed by Governor McKee

WEBOn June 30,2022, Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee signed into law H. 7244 and S. 2194, which provide guaranteed issue access to Medicare Supplement …

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Supreme Court Erases Kidney Patients’ Insurance Protections

WEBA U.S. Supreme Court ruling has nullified the law that protects dialysis patients from discrimination by insurers, threatening the system of financing kidney care …

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Re: Essential Health Benefits – 2017 Benchmark Plans

WEBHon. Kevin Counihan Center for Consumer and Information and Insurance Oversight Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building …

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Dialysis Patient Citizens

WEBSocial Security Administration guidelines clearly state people that rely on renal replacement treatment to live qualify as disabled. A health plan that disenrolls ESRD patients will …

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Comments to CMS re: Request for Information on Insurance Steering

WEBAndrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 …

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