Ellen Lukens, Deputy Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, joins the show to discuss the Kidney Care Choices model, and more.
In this episode of Kidney Health Connections, Dr. George Hart, chief medical officer of Interwell Health, is joined by Ellen Lukens, deputy director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). Lukens has played a pivotal role in developing specialty care models, such as the Kidney Care Choices (KCC) model, which aims to improve outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Together, they delve into the mission and impact of CMMI, the progress and challenges of the KCC model, and the future of value-based kidney care. Lukens shares her insights on positive results from the first year of the KCC model — including increased home dialysis and optimal starts rates, CMMI’s efforts to address health equity and social determinants of health (SDoH), and the potential for innovative payment models to create a permanent pathway for coordinated, equitable kidney care in the U.S. healthcare system.
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