# CMS withholding information **URL:** \ **Category:** HD For Patients\ **Created:** [March 27, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/cms-withholding-information/2581 "2011-03-27T16:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![plugger](https://forumcdn.homedialysis.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@plugger](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/plugger)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/cms-withholding-information/2581/1 "2011-03-27T16:59:00Z")
[http://www.dialysisethics2.org/forum/index.php?topic=636.0](http://www.dialysisethics2.org/forum/index.php?topic=636.0) Wonder why CMS wouldn’t want to let info out? Oh, yeah! > **[Dialysis](https://www.propublica.org/series/dialysis)** > > Nearly 40 years after Congress created a unique entitlement for patients with kidney failure, U.S. death rates and per-patient costs are among the world's highest while the biggest for-profit providers flourish. ---
**Author:** ![plugger](https://forumcdn.homedialysis.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@plugger](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/plugger)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/cms-withholding-information/2581/2 "2011-03-28T20:58:30Z")
Arlene, who I mentioned in the above post, is pretty reliable when it comes to this sort of thing, but figured I would write my state health department to confirm this - and hope for a misunderstanding. And maybe they could explain CMS’s reasoning. ---
**Author:** ![Dori\_Schatell](https://forumcdn.homedialysis.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@Dori\_Schatell](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/Dori_Schatell)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/cms-withholding-information/2581/3 "2011-03-29T07:27:10Z")
Plugger, maybe I’m missing something, but these Propublica articles are from last November. Is there anything new? ---
**Author:** ![plugger](https://forumcdn.homedialysis.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@plugger](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/plugger)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/cms-withholding-information/2581/4 "2011-03-31T21:31:11Z")
Propublica did put out another article the day before yesterday: > **[Feds to Follow ProPublica, Release Dialysis Clinic Data](https://www.propublica.org/article/feds-to-follow-propublica-release-dialysis-clinic-data)** > > Officials with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told Sen. Grassley they are now providing Dialysis Facility Reports, statistical compilations on each of the nation's 5,000-plus dialysis clinics, to anyone upon request and are trying to... My understanding is CMS hasn’t been very forthcoming with these 2567 inspection reports, but I got a call from Arlene and Daniel Wolfe from Health and Human Services is saying 2567s will be released now. ---
**Author:** ![Beth\_Witten\_MSW](https://forumcdn.homedialysis.org/user_avatar/forums.homedialysis.org/beth_witten_msw/32/541_2.png) [@Beth\_Witten\_MSW](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/Beth_Witten_MSW)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/cms-withholding-information/2581/5 "2011-04-01T16:30:51Z")
If you read that article you will see that CMS plans to include data from the Dialysis Facility Reports on Dialysis Facility Compare. Currently, each facility has access to its own facility DFR to be able to compare its data to other facilities in the state, Network, and U.S. Facilities can use this report to direct improvement efforts. Some do, some don’t. Certain data from the DFRs are used to determine which have poor outcomes that may warrant a survey. If you want to see a sample of the Dialysis Facility Reports, a sample of the State Profile and a sample of a Region Profile, visit: [http://www.dialysisreports.org/Methodology.aspx](http://www.dialysisreports.org/Methodology.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![plugger](https://forumcdn.homedialysis.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@plugger](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/plugger)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/cms-withholding-information/2581/6 "2011-04-04T09:30:58Z")
I apologize for a miscommunication. I thought something new was going on here, but it is something CMS has been doing all along! That’s all! > **[Feds to Follow ProPublica, Release Dialysis Clinic Data](https://www.propublica.org/article/feds-to-follow-propublica-release-dialysis-clinic-data)** > > Officials with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told Sen. Grassley they are now providing Dialysis Facility Reports, statistical compilations on each of the nation's 5,000-plus dialysis clinics, to anyone upon request and are trying to... I don’t take back the crack about Libya and North Korea though.