Release of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Dialysis Facility Reports (DFR) and End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Core Survey Materials

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announces the release of the materials used for ESRD surveys that have been updated for FY 2017.
• The FY 2017 DFR, Pre-survey DFR Extract files, and State profiles are available to authorized State Survey Agency (SA) personnel on the dialysisdata.org web site.
• The ESRD Core Survey Data Worksheet and other ESRD Core Survey materials have been revised for FY 2017 to align with the FY 2017 DFR.
• The FY 2017 survey materials for the ESRD Core Survey are available on the CMS ESRD Survey and Certification page of the CMS.gov web site at http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/GuidanceforLawsAndRegulations/Dialysis.html