Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease | January 1, 2022
From Home Dialysis Access to Home Dialysis Quality
Authors: Eric Weinhandl, Derek Forfang
Background:
The number and percentage of patients dialyzing at home has steadily increased during the past decade, and federal policy initiatives have driven interest to a new high. However, the mere utilization of home dialysis does not ensure better outcomes for patients and care partners. Although public reporting systems for dialysis quality are mature and robust, the incorporation of home dialysis quality in those systems is immature; the advent of the End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices payment model brings this problem into sharp relief.