A leading provider of dialysis services in the United States.
H.R. 2507 - Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 - Amends Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage) to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to make data-driven policies with regard to Medicare Advantage in consultation with OACT. Issues related to the development of risk adjustment factors are of particular interest. 

H.R. 2029; PL 114-113- Consolidated Appropriations Act of of FY 2016 - work to include provisions to advance equitable treatment of ESRD patients in Medicare and Private Insurance.

H.R. 2579 - Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015 - Issues related to evaluating risk scores, rationale for removing diagnosis codes related to Chronic Kidney Disease and establishing data-driven baselines for establishing and reevaluating risk scores.

Issues focused on ESRD and Risk Adjustment for chronically ill patients and related work being conducted by the Senate Finance Committee.

CMS policies related to Medicare Advantage with specific focus on the formula asserted for the Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment factor and its impact on beneficiaries, plans and providers who serve Medicare Beneficiaries who live with multiple chronic conditions. 

CMS regulations pertaining to reimbursement rates for ESRD-related services. 

Work on current and potential demonstration projects in Medicare to support better integration of care for ESRD patients.

Legislative and Administrative actions related to factoring in Socio Economic Status into policies impacting all beneficiaries and their providers. H.R. 2507 - Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 - Amends Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage) to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to make data-driven policies with regard to Medicare Advantage in consultation with OACT. Issues related to the development of risk adjustment factors are of particular interest. 

H.R. 2029; PL 114-113- Consolidated Appropriations Act of of FY 2016 - work to include provisions to advance equitable treatment of ESRD patients in Medicare and Private Insurance.

H.R. 2579 - Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015 - Issues related to evaluating risk scores, rationale for removing diagnosis codes related to Chronic Kidney Disease and establishing data-driven baselines for establishing and reevaluating risk scores.

Issues focused on ESRD and Risk Adjustment for chronically ill patients and related work being conducted by the Senate Finance Committee.


H.R. 2 - The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - work to include language to ensure that the Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment Factor supported plans that covered vulnerable beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions fairly. 

CMS regulations and guidance related to the issue of risk adjustment for Medicare Advantage plans to ensure that vulnerable beneficiaries with chronic conditions have access to Medicare Advantage plans. 

CMS regulations pertaining to reimbursement rates for ESRD-related services. 

Work on current and potential demonstration projects in Medicare to support better integration of care for ESRD patients.

Policies related to incorporating measures for Socio Economic Status into policies for federal health care programs.
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