Letter from Kidney Care Partners to CMS Regarding CMS-5527-P: Medicare Program; Specialty Care Models to Improve Quality of Care and Reduce Expenditures
The Kidney Care Partners provides comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding CMS-5527-P: Medicare Program; Specialty Care Models to Improve Quality of Care and Reduce Expenditures. These comments include concerns that the ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC) model will not achieve the desired outcomes for patients, providers, or the Administration. Kidney Care Partners requests the Department of Health and Human Services and CMS to address the core concerns outlined in this letter before implementing the ETC model.