End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model: First Evaluation Report

On June 10, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published this first evaluation report for the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices Model. The ETC Model establishes incentives to encourage greater use of home dialysis and kidney transplantation, while reducing Medicare expenditures and preserving or enhancing quality of care (QoC) provided to beneficiaries with ESRD. The report presents impacts of the ETC Model during the first year of the model (CY 2021 . . .