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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Payment for dialysis (A)

Payment for dialysis (A)

June 15, 2005

The Congress should direct the Secretary to:
* Eliminate differences in paying for composite rate services between hospital-based and freestanding dialysis facilities; and
* Combine the base composite rate and the add-on adjustment.

Appeared in: June 2005 - Chapter 4

Topics: Ambulatory care settings.