# Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, and Quality Incentive Program
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2015-11-06 · Effective 2016-01-01 · 80 FR 68968
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-27928
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 68968
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 413
- **Publication date:** 2015-11-06
- **Effective date:** 2016-01-01
- **HHS docket:** CMS-1628-F
## Abstract

This rule updates and makes revisions to the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2016. This rule is necessary to ensure that ESRD facilities receive accurate Medicare payment amounts for furnishing outpatient maintenance dialysis treatments during calendar year 2016. This rule will also set forth requirements for the ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP), including for PYs 2017 through 2019.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/11/06/2015-27928/medicare-program-end-stage-renal-disease-prospective-payment-system-and-quality-incentive-program)
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