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STAT+: Medicare’s big experiment to fix kidney failure care hasn’t worked so far, studies say

An enormous experiment by Medicare shows a null effect: Financial incentives haven't gotten dialysis providers to move more patients to home dialysis or transplant.
A health care worker prepares a dialysis machine.

A few years ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched a big experiment. The agency wanted to see if financial

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