Physician Reimbursement Home Patients

May 9, 2022 updated by: Satellite Healthcare

Physician Reimbursement for Home Dialysis: Assessment of Validity of CMS Compensation for Nephrologists

This is an observational study using an online survey to solicit information from nephrologists who care for dialysis patients about the time and effort involved in providing care to home dialysis patients.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Physician reimbursement today for care of a home dialysis patient is a capitated reimbursement, defined by the age of the patient and their days on home dialysis. Due to the multiple advantages of home therapy, CMS is working on increasing home dialysis uptake; however, there is little to no data on the time and effort involved in providing care to home dialysis patients.

In this study, we will develop and distribute a survey to capture the components of home dialysis patient care and the perceived time and effort of nephrologists across the US to do so. This will provide data for CMS as they consider the adjustment of their policy values in physician reimbursement for home dialysis patient care, which is currently labeled as misvalued (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2021).

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

68

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • San Jose, California, United States, 95128
        • Satellite Health Care

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All US nephrologists who care for dialysis patients.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All nephrologists in the US who care for dialysis patients.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Nephrologists who have not cared for dialysis patients in the last year.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
To provide data to facilitate a data-driven adjustment of the capitated physician payment for caring for home dialysis patients.
Time Frame: Day 1
Compilation of survey data from US nephrologists with dialysis patients.
Day 1

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Satellite Healthcare

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

September 1, 2021

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

December 31, 2021

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

December 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 11, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 11, 2021

First Posted (ACTUAL)

August 18, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

May 11, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 9, 2022

Last Verified

May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SIH 129

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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