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AV Fistula Placement Fee Schedule

The new AV Fistula Placement Fee Schedule includes a 30% increase in RVU's for AVF Surgical Code 36821, which can be found on page 70007 of the Federal Registry Vol. 73, No. 244.

To view page 70007 only, click here.


FFBI Quarterly Newsletter *NEW*
The Gold Standard

June 2011


Useful Tools

Fistula First - Patient Entry User's Guide

Fistula First - Aggregate Data Entry User's Guide

Fistula First - Data Collection (Excel) Tool

Fistula First - Dialysis Vascular Access Flyer

Fistula First - Dialysis Vascular Access Flyer (Spanish)


Staff Education

Atlas of Dialysis Vascular Access


Key elements of the Quality Improvement Program supporting the Fistula First Initiative include:

  • CMS Dialysis Facility Compare on www.medicare.gov - the site contains dialysis facility service and quality information on all Medicare approved dialysis facilities in the United States.
  • ESRD Conditions of Coverage - Provides new, patient-centered federal regulations, which must be met by all dialysis facilities participating in Medicare (the first comprehensive revision in 28 years.
  • ESRD Clinical Performance Measures - A project that collects data annually to identify and track opportunities for improvement in areas that include adequacy of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, anemia management,and vascular access management.
  • Quality Improvement Program - CM's 16 ESRD networks and 53 independent quality improvement organizations, under contract, provide the infrastructure to drive transformational quality improvement in numerous settings nationally and provide the infrastructure to reach the Fistula First breakthrough goal.

In addition to the local Network of New England data and national data displayed on this website, there is a national Fistula First website to act as a resource to dialysis facilities, nephrologists, and vascular access surgeons.

 

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