New York State Rolls Out Tighter Regulations for Skilled Nursing Dialysis Services

While more skilled nursing facilities are using home dialysis to diversify their offerings to patients, New York State’s Department of Health has introduced a new licensing model — with more regulatory steps for operators to complete.
Dialysis services have been identified as a potential area of growth under the new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM); in July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rolled out the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) model, a plan that would boost reimbursements for dialysis treatments.--> READ MORE