CROWNweb advocacy opportunity

By Bill Peckham

CMS Medical Director Dr. Barry Straube   barry.straube@cms.hhs.gov
CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems  Kerry.Weems@CMS.hhs.gov

If you'd like to help small dialysis providers - actually all providers who are not DaVita, FMC or DCI - then please take a moment to send an email to Dr. Straub and Kerry Weems concerning the implementation of CROWNweb in 5 weeks. For background on the issue I have three posts up on DSEN:

• The administrative burden of the CROWN 
• CROWNweb implementation cost data
• Washington State's entire Congressional delegation supports rethink of CROWNweb implementation

For additional background see the Northwest Kidney Centers and/or the National Renal Administrators Association's coverage

My bottom line message has been that we need to keep nurses doing nursing, rather than data entry.