CMS Report On Services Related To End Stage Renal Disease Shifts Bundling Debate To Congress
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Report proposes no specific Medicare restrictions on erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, but ESAs would be bundled into a single payment rate to dialysis centers
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