CMS has released information about the long-awaited ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC) Model, which “aims to test whether greater use of home dialysis and kidney transplantation for Medicare beneficiaries with ESRD will reduce Medicare expenditures, while preserving or enhancing the quality of care furnished to beneficiaries with ESRD.” The newly published information includes:
- Press Release – https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-announces-transformative-new-model-care-medicare-beneficiaries-chronic-kidney-disease.
- Fact Sheet – https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/end-stage-renal-disease-treatment-choices-etc-model-fact-sheet.
- ETC Model web page – https://innovation.cms.gov/innovation-models/esrd-treatment-choices-model/.