President Donald Trump is set to reboot Medicare’s approach to kidney care, upending country’s second largest domestic drain on taxpayers.
The president’s announcement July 10 includes proposals to steer Medicare patients into cheaper and more convenient home dialysis treatments, according to a source familiar with the plan. Inpatient dialysis is currently one of Medicare’s leading cost drivers.
The move will mark a crucial next step shifting Medicare to value-based care, which seeks better health outcomes at a lower cost. It also could hurt the $34 billion dialysis industry.
The president’s plan is part of a broad executive order that will ...
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