Kidney Disease Education Access Expansion Act of 2026

H.R. 9509, the "Kidney Disease Education Access Expansion Act of 2026," to expand eligibility and utilization of the Medicare kidney disease education benefit and improve kidney disease detection. H.R. 8875, the "Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026" to address barriers to utilization of home dialysis. S.1973 and H.R. 4231, "Treat and Reduce Obesity Act," to provide Medicare coverage of anti-obesity medications and obesity treatment. S. 3934 and H.R. 6199, the "Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2026" to expand Medicare Part B coverage for outpatient medical nutrition therapy (MNT) services. H.R. 7581, the "The Living Organ Volunteer Engagement Act, to establish a Medicare demonstration program for living kidney donor transplant facilitator training. Comments on Calendar Year 2027 ESRD Prospective Payment System. Comments on Calendar Year 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule. Protect and enhance to access to Medicaid, including comments on Interim Final Rule, Medicaid Program Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals. Support for Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program. Support for telemedicine and telehealth access, including the CONNECT for Health Act (S.1261, H.R. 4206) for Medicare beneficiaries. Medicaid eligibility and affordability of coverage under the One Big Beautiful Bill. Activities to address detection and management of chronic kidney disease. Support for Medicare Part D Protected Classes. Implementation of the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative.

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

H.R. 8875 - Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026 H.R. 9509 - Kidney Disease Education Access Expansion Act of 2026 Kidney Disease Education

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

Government targets: 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 -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

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE