Medicare Program; Standards for Quality of Water Used in Dialysis and Revised Guidelines on Reuse of Hemodialysis Filters for End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 1995-09-18 · Effective 1995-10-18 · 60 FR 48039
Document
Document number
95-22859
Federal Register citation
60 FR 48039
CFR reference
42 CFR 405
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
1995-09-18
Effective date
1995-10-18
HHS docket
BPD-766-F
Abstract
This final rule revises the Medicare conditions for coverage of suppliers of end-stage renal disease services. The revisions remove general language in the regulations regarding water quality; incorporate by reference standards for monitoring the quality of water used in dialysis as published by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) in its document, ``Hemodialysis Systems'' (second edition); and update existing regulations to incorporate by reference the second edition of AAMI's voluntary guidelines on ``Reuse of Hemodialyzers.''