Bundled Medicare Payments: Trends in Utilization and Physician Payments for Dialysis Arteriovenous Fistula and Graft Maintenance Procedures From 2010 to 2018
Will S. Lindquester, Rajoo Dhangana, Shantanu Warhadpande
Abstract
The volume of dialysis access maintenance procedures and total physician payments increased from 2010 to 2018 in keeping with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative. Introduction of bundled CPT codes in 2017, designed to reduce redundant payments, correlated with a decrease in average per-procedure physician payment.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineArteriovenous fistulaDialysisMedicare Part BCurrent Procedural TerminologyPaymentSpecialtyReimbursementMedicaidSurgeryFinanceFamily medicineHealth careBusinessEconomic growthEconomicsCentral Venous Catheters and HemodialysisVascular Procedures and ComplicationsDialysis and Renal Disease Management