The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced Monday it is extending three tracks within the Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model through 2027. Starting in performance year ...

Research has shown that a kidney transplant improves survival rates and quality of life for the hundreds of thousands of Americans with end-stage renal disease compared to remaining on dialysis.

A few years ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched a big experiment. The agency wanted to see if financial incentives and penalties would improve care for people with end-stage ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a six-year mandatory model to increase access to kidney transplants, the agency announced Nov. 26. First proposed in May, the Increasing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The federal value-based Kidney Care Choices model for kidney disease is now in year 4. Result from year 1 show ...

HHS and CMS have finalized a new, mandatory model for kidney transplant coordination across 103 hospitals. The model aims to increase access, address disparities and improve care coordination for ...

Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of death and disability: chronic diseases. Her focus includes autoimmune conditions and diseases of the lungs, kidneys, liver (and more). She writes about ...

Strive Health, a value-based kidney care company, has raised $550 million in Series D funding, the company announced on Tuesday. The financing is $300 million in equity funding and $250 million in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of specialized pharmacy services vs. retail was associated with lower mortality and better hospital outcomes ...