The Kidney Care National Plan highlights the continued commitment of HHS to advance kidney care and identifies opportunities for policy reform and improvement across the Department’s efforts. The relative lack of innovation in kidney care is the structural outcome of anti-competitive and burdensome actions that have maintained the national crisis of kidney disease and kidney failure. Restoring vibrancy in kidney care, thereby improving patient outcomes and reducing costs, requires thoughtfully reviewing and modernizing the regulatory framework governing kidney care to better encourage competition, innovation, and patient-centered care.
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