Washington State's entire Congressional delegation supports rethink of CROWNweb implementation

By Bill Peckham

The Northwest Kidney Centers has posted a letter (PDF link) signed by Washington State's 2 Senators and 9 Representatives to CMS's acting administrator Kerry Weems and CMS's Medical Officer Dr. Straube. The Washington State delegation's letter asks CMS to address the administrative burden of the CROWN. It follows the lobbying and letter writing by the Northwest Kidney Centers and other small dialysis providers concerned about the stupid way CROWNweb is being implemented.

There is just a month left before CROWNweb is due to come online. Not much time but a lot can be done in a month if people are willing to make the effort. Plenty of time to keep nurses doing nursing, rather than data entry.