Review of 2022 cover stories: CMS Innovation Center launches Kidney Care Choices model

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation launched the Kidney Care Choices model to pay nephrologists and their practice teams to treat patients with stage 4 and 5 chronic kidney disease.
“One of the goals of this model is to delay the need for dialysis and encourage kidney transplantation. Doing so reduces expensive hospitalizations paid by Medicare while improving patient outcomes,” Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, chief medical officer of the Integrated Care Group at Fresenius Medical Care North America and co-chief medical officer of InterWell Health, told Nephrology News &

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation launched the Kidney Care Choices model to pay nephrologists and their practice teams to treat patients with stage 4 and 5 chronic kidney disease.
“One of the goals of this model is to delay the need for dialysis and encourage kidney transplantation. Doing so reduces expensive hospitalizations paid by Medicare while improving patient outcomes,” Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, chief medical officer of the Integrated Care Group at Fresenius Medical Care North America and co-chief medical officer of InterWell Health, told Nephrology News &