ASN Supports Increasing Access to Transplantation and Home Dialysis

Screening, education, care coordination and telehealth, and affordability are all important for improving equitable care for patients with chronic kidney disease to slow the progression to kidney failure.

In response to a Request for Information issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, ASN offered detailed feedback about transplantation, home dialysis, and quality of care in dialysis facilities.

In a recent letter, ASN emphasized that it “strongly agrees that increasing access to transplantation and home dialysis is the best next step to improve care for many individuals with kidney failure, and it must be done equitably.”  

Screening, education, care coordination and telehealth, and affordability are all important for improving equitable care for patients with chronic kidney disease to slow the progression to kidney failure, ASN pointed out.

“Patients with kidney failure face several barriers to home dialysis, including limited support at home, shortages in qualified personnel who can educate and train patients, lack of empowerment, and a healthcare system that favors in-center hemodialysis,” observed ASN in the letter. 

Improving assistance and remote monitoring at home, addressing shortages in home dialysis staff, empowering patients to pursue self-care dialysis, and encouraging providers to provide high quality home dialysis care through innovations such as new payment models and alternative care models are key strategies to help those with kidney failure.

All of the recommendations are available in the full letter

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