The model aims to increase kidney transplants, improve care quality, and reduce disparities nationwide, involving 103 hospitals in diverse regions. Hospitals are incentivized to perform more ...

The Situation: The Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model ("IOTA Model") introduces mandatory financial incentives and penalties for selected kidney transplant hospitals. The Result: Starting in ...

A new final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week for a mandatory alternative payment model called the Increasing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CMS indicated a later-than-expected start beyond the original date of Jan. 1, 2025. A Kidney Transplant ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a new mandatory model proposal it says will improve access for individuals needing kidney transplants, reduce disparities and help ...

Researchers at The Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have developed a new electronic medical records-based tool that should help doctors predict which patients are most at risk of losing a transplanted ...

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF), the nation's leading nonprofit dedicated to the prevention and treatment of kidney disease, and inTandem Health, a pioneer in digital peer support solutions, ...

The American Hospital Association is saying that the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model could thwart the Biden administration's goal of expanding access by causing undue disruption and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . No changes in home dialysis or transplant rates were seen in the ESRD Treatment Choices model after 2 years. The ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing a new mandatory model geared at improving access for kidney transplant patients, with the goal of helping hospitals increase the quality of ...