Medicare Program; Revisions to the Definition of End-Stage Renal Disease and Resumption of Entitlement

Summary

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes to revise the definition of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to clarify eligibility for Medicare benefits and to specify when Medicare entitlement is resumed for individuals who begin a regular course of renal dialysis treatments after a previous course is terminated.