The Kidney PATIENT Act National Campaign
Background
Effective January 1, 2025, CMS plans to change coverage for oral-only phosphate lowering therapies (PLTs) drugs for patients with kidney failure. This could jeopardize patients’ access to vital medications and raise dialysis treatment costs. Introduced by Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter, Ann McLane Kuster, Carol Miller, and Terri Sewell, the bipartisan Kidney PATIENT Act (H.R. 5074) aims to postpone this change until 2033 or until new intravenous therapies become available. State and National stakeholders from the kidney community and beyond have called on Washington to act quickly and exclude oral-only phosphate lowering therapies (PLTs) from the End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System or ESRD Bundle.
Events
“Protecting Dialysis Patients with Kidney Failure”
Ensuring Access to Life-Saving ESRD Oral-Only Medicines within Medicare
A Special 2-Part Program
Milwaukee, WI | July 19-20, 2024
July 19: 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm CT
July 20: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm CT
St. Paul Church of God in Christ, Milwaukee
2661 N 53rd St, Milwaukee, WI 53210
*Stay tuned for more details*
In Partnership with
HEAL Collaborative and Ardelyx
Advocate
Help HEAL support the Kidney PATIENT Act (H.R. 5074) Sign the Petition.
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Tell Congress to Protect Access to New Treatments for Patients
Resources
Past Programs
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