GAO Tracks Decline In ESA Use Following Regulatory Changes
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
A Government Accountability Office report finds that use of erthryopoiesis-stimulating agents in dialysis decreased 31% from 2007 to the end of 2011 after Medicare’s bundled dialysis payment was changed to include drugs and FDA revised dosing recommendations.
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