Session Highlights

• Federal policy has a significant influence on kidney care, including access, quality, reimbursement, and innovation.
• Change can occur through organizational policy, CMS regulation, or federal legislation.
• The dialysis bundled payment system can limit access to new therapies and discourage innovation.
• Effective advocacy requires evidence, a concise message, bipartisan support, and sustained relationships with policymakers.
• Nephrology professionals can help shape policy by identifying care gaps, proposing practical solutions, and participating in advocacy opportunities.
• Participants viewed nephrology’s relationship with federal policy as complex and challenging, but also promising and necessary.