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ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC) Model Performance Payment Adjustment (PPA) - Facility Component (Implementation CR)

The End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) Model is a mandatory model (demo code: 94), for which about a third of the nation’s dialysis facilities will be required to participate based on zip code. The model started on January 1, 2021, and ends on June 30, 2027. The model includes, two payment adjustments, the Home Dialysis Payment Adjustment (HDPA) and the Performance Payment Adjustment (PPA), which apply to both the participating ESRD facilities and clinicians managing Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with ESRD, referred to as Managing Clinicians.

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Final

Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: January 26, 2022

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