In July 2019, an Executive Order was signed to launch the Advancing American Kidney Health (AAKH) initiative to transform the way we prevent and treat kidney disease.  To accomplish the goals of the AAKH initiative, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) created the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choice (ETC) payment models to encourage preventative kidney care, home dialysis and kidney transplants.

To support the ETC model’s focus on increased kidney transplants, CMS, in collaboration with the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), has established the ESRD Treatment Choice Learning Collaborative (ETCLC).  The ETCLC will bring Transplant Centers, Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO), donor hospitals, patients and families together to generate increase quality and cost savings to CMS using systematic quality and process improvement methods.

This work will be supported by a National Faculty and Leadership Coordinating Council made up of more than twenty organizations in the field. You can learn more about these groups by scrolling below.