Establishing or enhancing a home dialysis program: the business perspective

Home is an effective way to expand the capacity of your dialysis facility or nephrology practice to embrace the growing incidence rates of people with Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease. Learn more.

What home therapies offer nephrology practices

Because a Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) patient typically has just one physician visit a month, a home program allows nephrologists to see more patients in less time, with comparable Monthly Capitation Payment considering the value of your time. Offering patients a choice of therapies has become more viable because Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) now reimburse physicians for patient education and training.

What home therapies offer dialysis facilities

A home program allows facilities to overcome capacity limits and extend staff resources to address increasing patient incidence rates. The final CMS reimbursement bundle encourages the use of PD. In addition, the reimbursement rate for training has increased for clinics adopting the full bundle on January 1, 2011.

Steps to take and where to go for more information

To learn more about planning for and managing a home dialysis program, connect with additional resources and find out more about Baxter’s PD products.