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DVAC supports policies that promote dialysis vascular access in the ASC and office settings, where the outcomes are superior.

PROTECTING ESRD PATIENTS

Latest News

May 2, 2023

DVAC Highlights the Imperative Need to Stop Ongoing Cuts

April 14, 2023

Continued Health Inequity for Dialysis Patients

March 31, 2023

New Data from Vasc-Alert Shows an Increase in Catheter Use, Putting More and More Patients at Risk

March 20, 2023

DVAC Recognizes National Kidney Month

February 23, 2023

DVAC Applauds Letter Asking MedPAC to Work with Congress to Protect Specialty Care Providers and Explore Long-term Medicare Payment Solutions

December 20, 2022

Congress Takes No Action To Prevent Clinical Labor Cuts

Working Towards Payment Stability for VAC Centers Excellence

​In the 2017 Physician Fee Schedule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) cut payments to a key vascular access code by 39%. A survey by the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN) survey in 2017 found that reimbursement levels were so inadequate that more than 20 percent of respondents surveyed stated their centers had closed due to the cuts. More recent Medicare claims data has confirmed a decrease in office-based vascular access services of more than 30 percent since 2017.​ Unfortunately, the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule finalizes yet another round of approximately 15% cuts to office-based vascular access through 2025.

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Some vascular access specialists may face a 20% cut in the next 5 years

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Our Coalition

The Dialysis Vascular Access Coalition (DVAC) is a coalition of medical specialty societies, physicians, and vascular access centers of excellence (VACs) in the office and ASC setting that provide vascular access services to individuals with advanced chronic kidney disease and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). VACs treat more than half of a million cases per year across the country in a safe, specialized, patient-preferred setting.

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VACs

Vascular access centers of excellence (VACs) serve as specialized, patient-focused, centers dedicated to providing vascular access creation and preservation services in the office or ASC setting.

Fistulas

Fistulas are recognized as the best vascular access option for patients. Conversely, central line catheters have demonstrated high infection rates, high hospitalization rates, and high costs. 

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Washington, D.C. 20001

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