KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Act

Issues involving NTAP payment for breakthrough technologies, including H.R. 4441, Patient Access to Innovative New Technologies Act of 2025. Home dialysis payment issues, including remote patient monitoring. H.R. 8319, KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Act. Issues concerning dialysis.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

General issues related to home dialysis and other elements of quality kidney care, including remote patient monitoring; H.R. 8319, Keeping Individuals with Dialysis Needs Equipped through Year-round (KIDNEY) Remote Monitoring Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 2199/S. 1173 - Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act H.R. 6214/S. 2730 - The Kidney Care Access Protection Act H.R. 8319 - KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Act H.R. 4582 H.R. 4583/ S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act

Client expense: $1,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Issues related to health care and vital organ therapy. Issues related to H.R. 8319, KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

-Expanding Support for Living Donors Act (H.R. 7868) Legislation to expand how much living donors can be reimbursed and to increase the threshold for income-based qualification -Living Donor Protection Act (H.R. 4583) and related FMLA bill (H.R. 4582 and S. 1552). Clarifies and strengthens protections for Americans who donate an organ. -Concurrent Care for Comfort Act (HR 8367) and related policy concepts regarding helping patients on dialysis nearing end of life also access hospice care -Home Dialysis Improvement Act (HR 8875) and related policy concepts helping more patients consider electing home dialysis -Kidney Disease Education Expansion Act of 2026 (H.R. 9509) and related policy concepts to increase earlier upstream intervention to slow the progression of kidney disease, including screening and diagnosis -KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Act (HR 8319) -Living Organ Volunteer Engagement (LOVE) Act (H.R. 7581) and related concepts that could be clarified administratively -Called for continued focus on modernizing the U.S. transplant system, including implementing the 2023 Securing the U.S. OPTN Act -Called for the creation of an Officer of Kidney Health and Transplantation within the immediate office of the secretary of HHS (to coordinate kidney health care, research, and data-related efforts across the numerous HHS agencies with a role in kidney health) -Urged HHS to ensure kidney health data remains accessible and complete, as well as advancing data-sharing, data standards, and interoperability -Encouraged CMMI to develop a subsequent kidney care focused model, building on the successes and lessons of the CKCC model, including a focus on upstream kidney care and earlier intervention -Asked questions about the adequacy of kidney patient access to specialized kidney and transplant care in MA plans -Discussed importance of greater emphasis on kidney health, prevention, and earlier disease detection and intervention -Encouraged support for KidneyX

Issues related to ESRD reimbursement H.R. 8319 - KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Act, Issues related to physician reimbursement for remote patient monitoring. H.R. 4441 - Patient Access to Innovative New Technologies Act, Issues related to sepsis device breakthrough designation.

Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Issues related to ESRD reimbursement H.R. 8319 - KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Act, Issues related to physician reimbursement for remote patient monitoring

Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

General issues related to home dialysis and other elements of quality kidney care, including remote patient monitoring; H.R. 8319, Keeping Individuals with Dialysis Needs Equipped through Year-round (KIDNEY) Remote Monitoring Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues involving NTAP payment for breakthrough technologies, including H.R. 4441, Patient Access to Innovative New Technologies Act of 2025. Home dialysis payment issues, including remote patient monitoring. H.R. 8319, KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Act. Issues concerning dialysis.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

-Expanding Support for Living Donors Act (H.R. 7868) Legislation to expand how much living donors can be reimbursed and to increase the threshold for income-based qualification -Living Donor Protection Act (H.R. 4583) and related FMLA bill (H.R. 4582 and S. 1552). Clarifies and strengthens protections for Americans who donate an organ. -Concurrent Care for Comfort Act (HR 8367) and related policy concepts regarding helping patients on dialysis nearing end of life also access hospice care -Home Dialysis Improvement Act (HR 8875) and related policy concepts helping more patients consider electing home dialysis -Kidney Disease Education Expansion Act of 2026 (H.R. 9509) and related policy concepts to increase earlier upstream intervention to slow the progression of kidney disease, including screening and diagnosis -$77M in appropriations for HRSA Organ Transplant work in FY27 (funding to modernize the US transplant system and support living donors through reimbursement for living kidney donation-related costs) -$25M in appropriations for HHS in FY27 to support KidneyX (public-private partnership to catalyze innovation in kidney disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment through a series of prize competitions) -Called for continued focus on modernizing the U.S. transplant system, including implementing the 2023 Securing the U.S. OPTN Act -Called for the creation of an Officer of Kidney Health and Transplantation within the immediate office of the secretary of HHS (to coordinate kidney health care, research, and data-related efforts across the numerous HHS agencies with a role in kidney health) -Urged HHS to ensure kidney health data remains accessible and complete, including advancing data-sharing, data standards, and interoperability -Encouraged CMMI to develop a subsequent kidney care focused model, building on the successes and lessons of the CKCC model -Asked questions about the adequacy of kidney patient access to specialized kidney and transplant care in MA plans -Endorsed the following bills: -Keeping Individuals with Dialysis Needs Equipped through Year-round (KIDNEY) Remote Monitoring Act (HR 8319) Provider Reimbursement Stability Act (HR 8163) -The Diabetes Foot Health Access and Modernization Act of 2026 (HR 7905/S 4070) -H-1Bs for Physicians and Healthcare Workforce Act (HR 7961) Living Organ Volunteer Engagement (LOVE) Act (HR 7581) -New Era of Preventing ESRD Act (HR 1518) -PKD Cures Act (HR 9169)