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Physician Reimbursement Home Patients

Sponsor
Satellite Healthcare (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT05011136
Collaborator
(none)
68
Enrollment
1
Location
4
Actual Duration (Months)
17.1
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

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.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: No intervention. This is a qualitative study

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 Design

Study Type:
Observational
Actual Enrollment :
68 participants
Observational Model:
Cohort
Time Perspective:
Prospective
Official Title:
Physician Reimbursement for Home Dialysis: Assessment of Validity of CMS Compensation for Nephrologists
Actual Study Start Date :
Sep 1, 2021
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Dec 31, 2021
Actual Study Completion Date :
Dec 31, 2021

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. To provide data to facilitate a data-driven adjustment of the capitated physician payment for caring for home dialysis patients. [Day 1]

    Compilation of survey data from US nephrologists with dialysis patients.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
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.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Satellite Health Care San Jose California United States 95128

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Satellite Healthcare

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Wael F Hussein, MBBS, Satellite Healthcare, Inc.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Satellite Healthcare
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT05011136
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • SIH 129
First Posted:
Aug 18, 2021
Last Update Posted:
May 11, 2022
Last Verified:
May 1, 2022
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
No
Plan to Share IPD:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Keywords provided by Satellite Healthcare
ESRD
Home Dialysis
Compensation

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 11, 2022