Benchmark: CY 2027 Medicare Updates for ESRD Prospective Payment System and Quality Incentive Program

Take this benchmark to assess how much you would benefit from the course: Proposed CY 2027 Changes to the ESRD PPS, AKI Payment, and ESRD QIP. In a few minutes, you’ll gauge how ready you are to interpret the rule’s intent, operational impacts, and trade-offs that affect payment, quality, equity, and access.

This is not a trivia quiz. It focuses on why the changes matter, who they affect, and what decisions they force. If several items feel uncertain, the course will help you close those gaps fast.

• See your blind spots: Bundling roll-ins (phosphate binders), market-basket rebasing, wage index shifts, and outlier thresholds.
• Anticipate operational moves: LVPA expansion and pediatric adjustments, training add-on during onset, and quarterly post-TDAPA updates.
• Refocus quality strategy: Pivot from legacy reporting to outcome measures like hyperphosphatemia and updated BSI risk models.
• Shape what’s next: RFIs on home and palliative dialysis and potential daily/monthly payment units.

Outcome: A clear read on whether you need the full course to confidently brief leadership, adjust budgets and workflows, and submit high-impact comments before finalization.