Quarterly Update to the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System (ESRD PPS)
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ESRD Prospective Payment System: July Update
See the instruction to your Medicare Administrative Contractor for updates to the ESRD Prospective Payment System, including:
- Attachment A: CMS made routine changes to the list of outlier services effective July 1, 2023:
- Updated the mean unit cost for renal dialysis drugs that are oral equivalents to injectable drugs based on the most recent prices from the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder
- Added or removed renal dialysis items and services
- Revised the mean dispensing fee of qualifying National Drug Codes (NDCs) to $0.50 per NDC per month
- Attachment B: We updated the Consolidated Billing list effective April 1, 2023, to replace J0610 with J0612 in the Bone and Mineral Metabolism category