WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Tuesday:
* Proposed a single bundled payment for renal dialysis facilities
* Said bundled payment would cover dialysis treatment, prescription drugs and
clinical laboratory tests
* Said the base bundled payment would be $198.64 for a dialysis session and
would include oral drugs
* Said the final bundled kidney dialysis payment rule is expected in 2010 and
would apply to services on or after January 1, 2011
* CMS posted the announcement on its website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=3514&intNumPerPage=10&checkDate=&checkKey=&srchType=1&numDays=3500&srchOpt=0&srchData=&keywordType=All&chkNewsType=1%2C+2%2C+3%2C+4%2C+5&intPage=&showAll=&pYear=&year=&desc=&cboOrder=date
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* Proposed a single bundled payment for renal dialysis facilities
* Said bundled payment would cover dialysis treatment, prescription drugs and
clinical laboratory tests
* Said the base bundled payment would be $198.64 for a dialysis session and
would include oral drugs
* Said the final bundled kidney dialysis payment rule is expected in 2010 and
would apply to services on or after January 1, 2011
* CMS posted the announcement on its website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=3514&intNumPerPage=10&checkDate=&checkKey=&srchType=1&numDays=3500&srchOpt=0&srchData=&keywordType=All&chkNewsType=1%2C+2%2C+3%2C+4%2C+5&intPage=&showAll=&pYear=&year=&desc=&cboOrder=date
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