Kidney Disease, Dialysis, & ESRD

KEY POINTSAnnual growth in the number of kidney transplants began to accelerate in 2019.

The Kidney Care National Plan highlights the continued commitment of HHS to advance kidney care and identifies opportunities for policy reform and improvement across the Department’s efforts. The relative lack of innovation in kidney care is the structural outcome of anti-competitive and burdensome actions that have maintained the national crisis of kidney disease and kidney failure.

This report describes progress HHS has made over the past year to implement the Department’s Advancing American Kidney Health (AAKH) initiative and the Executive Order that accompanied the initiative.

As part of the Administration’s focus on improving person-centered care, the U.S.