Medicare raises its dialysis base payment from $281.71 to $297.52 per treatment
Medicare's base payment per dialysis treatment rises from $281.71 to $297.52, partly because phosphate binder drugs, worth $12.85 per treatment, move into the bundled rate. The home and self-dialysis training add-on rises from $95.60 to $138.00, and dialysis for acute kidney injury gets the same base rate.
Who it affects
Dialysis facilities and Medicare patients who get dialysis
When
This rule takes effect on January 1, 2027.
- : Published in the Federal Register
- : This rule takes effect: new Medicare dialysis payment rates apply
Official text
FR Doc. 2026-22194: Medicare Program; CY 2027 Changes to the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System, Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Dialysis Payment, and ESRD Quality Incentive Program
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Not legal advice. Plain-English summaries to help you find what changes and when. Not legal advice: read the official text, and ask a lawyer about your situation.