Click here to access the NRAA Bundling Tool. This tool provides a way to estimate the impact of the bundled payment regulation on your organization. It is available without charge to any organization or individual who would like to use it; you do not need to be a member of NRAA. To download the tool, we are asking you to complete a simple registration form and agree to the terms of our licensing agreement. NOTE: The model resides on your computer, thus the information you input into the model is yours and is not shared with NRAA or anyone else
The bundling tool is available in excel 2007 or excel 2003 versions. Both versions of the NRAA Dialysis Facility Bundle Impact Estimation Model are identical from an operational standpoint, but there two different versions of excel depending on what is compatible with your computer
NRAA would like to thank Avalere Health, who created the model for NRAA and Baxter for sponsoring the NRAA Bundling Tool.
NRAA held a webinar on Friday, August 20 to review the model and how to use it. Click here for slides from the webinar.
There will be another webinar on Friday, August 27 at 1:00 PM to. The webinars will be approximately one hour and be led by Eric Hammelman from Avalere. Click here for details.
The webinar, "Unbundling the bundle: The impact of payment reform on the renal community," presented on August 25 by Nephrology News & Issues, is available for replay starting Monday, August 30. This 1.5 hour webinar will help break down the complexity of the new payment bundle and offer commentary from industry representatives on how it will impact the provider community and patients. To access the replay, go to www.nephronline.com and click on the ad on the home page for the webinar.
Members are urged to take immediate action to contact your Senators and Representatives to express your concerns with the proposed bundle payment system. Click here for a CapWiz template that you can send to your elected officials.
Click here to learn how to to
learn how to submit comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule.
Thank your Congressmen and Women for their support of H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Click herefor CapWiz letter that you can use as a template when sending a letter or e-mail.
KIDNEY COMMUNITY EMERGENCY
RESPONSE COALITION As
a member of the new Kidney Community Response Coalition, NRAA has provided
a Disaster Preparedness Information Center to its web site.
The coalition is seeking volunteers for its emergency preparedness network.
Please "Be Prepared" by checking out our Disaster
Preparedness Information Center
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Capwiz™ is
the nation's first and foremost online advocacy solution. NRAA members can now
use the Capwiz™ program as the centerpiece to their online grassroots advocacy
campaign. Go to our Legislative Program Page for more information
Become a Fan of the NRAA Facebook Page! Click here!
September 29 - October 1, 2010 -Register by September 1 for Early Bird rates. Note that NRAA dues for Primary and Additional Contacts must be paid in order to receive member rate Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa 21500 Pacific Coast Highway - Huntington Beach, California
The NRAA room block at the Hyatt Huntington Beach Resort and Spa expired on 8/26.
Starting 8/27, the Hyatt cannot guarantee availability or the NRAA room rate. The NRAA has secured a block of rooms at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort. Located next door to the Hyatt at 21100 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, California. The NRAA room rate is $225. For reservations at the NRAA rate, call before September 7 - Tel: 1-714-845-8000. Be sure to request the NRAA group rate. Remember, The NRAA block at the Hilton expires September 7.
The Hilton and Hyatt are next door. For transportation airport transportation options that accommodate both properties click here.
Visit the Hyatt Huntington Beach Resort and Spa website by clicking here.
Visit the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort website by clicking here
Click here for a condensed schedule of events.
Click here for a schedule with program highlights.
Click here to download and print a registration form.
Click here to register online.
CMS has just released the Final Rule on the ESRD PPS Bundle. Now is the time to get informed, get educated and get ready! The NRAA Annual Conference will have the timely topics and speakers to provide the bundling education you need to prepare.
Over 100 NRAA members gathered in Washington, DC for a day of education on latest bundling and legislative issues facing dialysis providers and their patients. Members also took the opportunity to visit Capitol Hill on Thursday for breakfast with Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D: 1st – Nevada) and meetings with their legislators.
Members - click here to view the handouts from the meetings. Non-members – in order to participate in future events like this, click here to find out how to join NRAA!
NRAA members and some patients met at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington DC for breakfast with Congresswoman Shelley Berkeley (D-NV), followed by appointments with their legislators on Capitol Hill.
Welcome... The National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA) is a nonprofit organization representing dialysis facilities and centers throughout the United States. NRAA members include dialysis provider companies and management consulting companies and other companies involved in the ESRD industry and supportive of the purposes of NRAA. Individuals not directly employed or otherwise involved in companies that are NRAA members may join as individual Associate Members.
NRAA member companies and supporting associates share a common goal of providing life-sustaining dialysis care to the majority of Medicare End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients. From a few charter members in 1977, NRAA has become a respected leader in the dialysis community and the only organization representing the operational concerns of dialysis facilities.
NRAA represents the interests of ALL facilities—hospital-based and freestanding, for-profit and non-profit, independent and chain, urban and rural. Through education, networking, information sharing, and governmental representation, NRAA strives to ensure competence and enhance professionalism throughout the renal community.
NRAA membership is the single best way to:
Stay abreast of the ever-changing ESRD program
Influence legislation and regulations, which affect dialysis facilities
Develop a peer group of knowledgeable colleagues, and
Grow in your profession as a Renal Management Professional.
Don't forget to visit the web site for discount pricing information. Or contact Jeff Hollis at: (615) 301-5960 or email Jeff Hollis.
Mark Zawiski Award... Each year NRAA seeks nominees for the “Mark Zawiski Memorial Award For Outstanding Leadership”. This award seeks to identify outstanding leaders in the ESRD industry. The candidates serve as examples to their colleagues and are known for their efforts to fully recognize the great strides made in the business aspects of End Stage Renal Disease.
Congratulations to Katrina Russell for winning the 2009 Mark Zawiski Award!
Mission Statement...
The resource and voice for the independent, regional and community based dialysis providers.
