Akebia Therapeutics Announces The CMS Has Determined That Vafseo Meets The Criteria For The Transitional Drug Add-On Payment Adjustment In The Anemia Management End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System Functional Category, Beginning On January 1, 2025.

Designed to help dialysis organizations incorporate new treatments into their practices, TDAPA provides two years of reimbursement in addition to the ESRD bundled rate

A HCPCS code has also been assigned to Vafseo to facilitate reimbursement at dialysis organizations

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, today announced that the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has determined that Vafseo (vadadustat) meets the criteria for the Transitional Drug Add-On Payment Adjustment (TDAPA) in the anemia management end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system functional category, beginning on January 1, 2025. In March 2024, Vafseo was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of anemia due to chronic kidney disease in adults who have been receiving dialysis for at least three months, and the product is expected to be available in the market in January 2025. The TDAPA program provides two years of reimbursement for Vafseo in addition to the ESRD bundled rate to dialysis organizations.