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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > End-stage renal disease payment policies in traditional Medicare (B)

End-stage renal disease payment policies in traditional Medicare (B)

March 1, 2001

The Congress should instruct the Secretary to evaluate whether the composite rate’s unit of payment- a single dialysis session- should be revised to reflect better the way dialysis is furnished.

Appeared in: March 2001 - Chapter 8

Topics: Ambulatory care settings.