Dialysis
NKF has worked with Members of the 110th Congress to introduce and build support for legislation that would create a Medicare educational benefit for kidney disease patients before they require costly treatments, such as dialysis or transplantation.
The Kidney Disease Education Benefits Act of 2007, S.432/H.R.1245, to provide kidney disease classes for Medicare beneficiaries with Stage 4 kidney disease.
A similar Medicare kidney disease education provision also is included in the Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007 (S.691; H.R.1193).
The U.S. House of Representatives included some of these provisions in their Medicare bill this year, but Senate action is pending. The Kidney Provisions in Medicare Package are outlined here (PDF* 42kb download).
Kidney Disease Education:
- Letter to the FDA from the NKF - 8/24/2007 (PDF* 60kb download)
- Support H.R.1245 Congressional Dear Colleague Letter (PDF* 546kb download)
- Pre-Dialysis Education Fact Sheet (PDF* 51kb download)
- Kidney Care Quality and Education Act Fact Sheet (PDF* 51kb download)
- Full text of H.R.1245 and S.432
Erythropoietin Stimulus Agents (ESA’s):
- Open Letter to Senate on ESRD Medicare Coverage, May 19, 2008 (PDF* 60kb download)
