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This is the third time in four years that California voters are being asked to weigh in on how kidney dialysis centers operate in the state, with previous attempts in 2018 and 2020 both failing.
Map of US states that have Certificate-Of-Need laws. A certificate of need (CON), in the United States, is a legal document required in many states and some federal jurisdictions before proposed creations, acquisitions, or expansions of healthcare facilities are allowed.
The base composite rate as of 2006 is $130 for freestanding dialysis facilities. Medicare caps its payments to facilities at an amount equal to three dialysis sessions per week. Although home dialysis may be given more frequently it is not fully reimbursed by Medicare. [citation needed] An add-on payment supplements the composite rate.
List of United States dialysis providers: Abramson Center for Jewish Life; American Renal Associates; American Renal Care; Atlantic Dialysis Management; BMA (BioMedical Applications) Centers for Dialysis Care; Concerto Renal Services; DaVita Inc. Diversified Specialty Institute Holdings, Inc. Dialysis Clinic, Inc; Evergreen Nephrology ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance portability standards.
Dialysis Clinic, Inc. is a nonprofit medical corporation founded in 1971 and chartered as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization under IRS regulations. It was founded for care and research of patients with kidney disease and supports activities in kidney transplant and dialysis across the US.
Proposition 8, also known as the Limits on Dialysis Clinics' Revenue and Required Refunds Initiative and Prop 8, was a California ballot proposition intended to authorize state regulation of kidney dialysis clinics and limit charges for patient care. It failed in the November 2018 California elections.
The Center for Medicare Advocacy notes that while 8.4% of the United States general population are individuals under the age of 65 years with disabilities, that percentage nearly doubles among ...