CMS set the following priorities for health care quality improvement to be implemented by its ESRD program, from August 2014 through July 2019:
Better Care for the Individual through Beneficiary and Family-Centered Care
- Patient and family engagement
- Patient experience of care
- Appropriate access to in-center dialysis care
- Vascular access management
- Reducing healthcare-acquired infections
Population Health Innovation Project
- Increase vaccination rates
- Improve care coordination
- Improve transplant coordination
- Promote home dialysis (when appropriate)
- Improve quality of life
Reduce Costs of ESRD Care by Improving Care
- Support for the ESRD Quality Incentive Program
- Support for Facility Data Submission into CROWNWeb