CMS Releases Final Rule for ESRD Facilities

On April 3, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Press Release announcing that it has released a display copy of a Final Rule, which establishes new conditions for coverage that dialysis facilities must satisfy to be certified under the Medicare program. According to CMS, the Final Rule reflects advances in dialysis technology and standard care practices since the existing conditions for coverage were issued in 1976.  CMS has posted a Fact Sheet on the CMS website.  The Final Rule is expected to appear in the Federal Register  during April 2008.