In America, most dialysis (kidney failure) patients are treated via hemodialysis. The technique has been around a while, the equipment infrastructure is in place, and the reimbursement rates provided by Medicare means the treatment costs have to be moderate.
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Dialysis at Home?
Is it really the pandemic? Donald Trump’s Directive? Or HHS pressure (read as payment incentives, which are related to Donald’s directive)? [HHS kidney care payment protocol that began in 2021, a year later than promised, provided increased reimbursements for home dialysis]
A squelched executive order
It’s been a year or so since TheDonald issued his executive orders covering dialysis procedures. The goals were laudable- more transplants and more home dialysis.
Coming Home?
So, is this good news or bad news? While the number of dialysis patients is increasing, the rate of annual increase has lessened. Back in 2016, there were 20K new patients, it dropped again last year, and this year the total increase was closer to 14K.
2nd Best Ain’t Good Enough
From the second the first dialyzer was invented by Abel, Rowntree, and Turner 115 years ago, it should have been clear that dialysis- which cleans the blood of most of the toxins that accumulate when the subject has kidney failure, was, at best, incomplete.
You get what you pay for!
I published my thoughts on home dialysis and why the practice is not prevalent yesterday. And, while I wrote that post more than a month ago, it was percolating in the queue all along. So, I can’t really say that the government attempted to refute my findings- since their reach (approved 16 October, but published on 16 November) never had the opportunity to review my thoughts. But, I will discuss theirs, today.