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ESRD NETWORK 6 2011 ANNUAL REPORT

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Network Description<strong>ESRD</strong> Network ProgramOverviewFigure 1: Geographical map of the <strong>ESRD</strong> RenalDisease NetworksCongress amended Title XVIII of the Social Security Actin 1978 to establish <strong>ESRD</strong> Network Organizations.Goals and requirements have evolved over the life of theprogram and today’s Networks provide <strong>ESRD</strong> healthcarequality oversight and improvement, resolve patientcomplaints and grievances and maintain the <strong>ESRD</strong>registry. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services(CMS) establish a Statement of Work (SOW) for theNetwork program and currently contracts individuallywith 14 organizations to fulfill those requirements for the18 <strong>ESRD</strong> Network areas. CMS funds this program bywithholding $.50 per dialysis treatment, pooling the fundsand distributing to the contractors.The Southeastern Kidney Council (SKC), a non-profit501(c) (3) corporation, governed by a volunteer Board ofDirectors, holds the contract for <strong>ESRD</strong> Network 6. Acoalition of the former <strong>ESRD</strong> Networks 20 (SouthCarolina and Georgia) and 21 (North Carolina)established the SKC in 1988, and since then have heldthe <strong>ESRD</strong> Network 6 contract.P a g e | 11

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