title: Kidney Failure? Dialysis is the only medical service without automatic inflation updates from Medicare. Some people are trying to change that.
abstract: According to Robert Provenzano, left, president of the Renal Physicians Association, just because dialysis providers have shown strong profits does not mean an automatic update for Medicare reimbursement for dialysis isn't necessary. Unlike other medical products and services, which saw payment increases of 107% between 1990 and 2006, the increase in dialysis payments didn't even hit 7% during that period.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zigmond
mesh_terms: D005245:Fee Schedules; D006801:Humans; D007250:Inflation, Economic; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D011907:Rate Setting and Review; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States