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If this policy remains as proposed, it well may drive small dialysis organizations out of business. When there are only two or three very large organizations remaining, some may consider that desirable. Those large organizations may be able to provide care at lower cost, but then it will be on their terms."

—Independent Dialysis Foundation CEO and nephrologist John Sadler, in his editorial on the bundle in AJKD


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