Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Kidney Care First (KCF) - Payment Mechanism (PM) and Benefit Enhancements (BEs) - Implementation
This Change Request (CR) is the implementation of a payment mechanism and benefit enhancements for the Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting (CKCC) (demonstration code 93) Model. This CR focuses on the implementation of the Chronic Kidney Disease Quarterly Capitation Payment (CKD QCP) mechanism. Additionally, the following Benefit Enhancements and waiver will be implemented with this CR: Telehealth Benefit Enhancement, Post-Discharge Home Visits Benefit Enhancement, 3-Day Skilled Nursing Facility Rule waiver, Kidney Disease Education Benefit Enhancement, Concurrent Care for Beneficiaries that Elect the Medicare Hospice Benefit, and Home Health Benefit Enhancement.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: September 28, 2021
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