Along with the stress of knowing you have kidney disease and need dialysis, you may also have concerns about the cost of treatment. We are here to help you navigate the uncertainties you are experiencing, regardless of your insurance coverage or lack thereof.
Your primary focus at this time needs to be on deciding which dialysis treatment, and which dialysis provider, is right for you. We will help you with one-on-one dialysis options education. We will also help you identify dialysis providers in your area, whether for home dialysis or in-center hemodialysis, if that is what you choose.
At Home Dialysis Therapies of San Diego, we want to serve as a resource to you and others touched by kidney disease in and around San Diego County. We will contact your insurance provider to assess your coverage for home dialysis care via Home Dialysis Therapies of San Diego. We accept most major health plans including Employer Group Health Plans, Covered California Plans, HMO’s PPO’s, POS’s, Medicare, Medi-cal, Medi-cal Managed Care, and Cal MediConnect. We will assess your plan benefits and inform you of any anticipated deductibles, co-insurance, or any out-of-pocket expenses that might be anticipated. In addition, a social worker is available to help look at your individual financial situation to educate you about and help you access other financial resources for which you may qualify.
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If you are eligible for Medicare and you select hemodialysis (in a center) as your method of dialysis, there will be a 90-day waiting period for Medicare coverage to begin. However, if you select home dialysis (either peritoneal dialysis or home hemodialysis) as your method of dialysis, the waiting period does not apply. So, your Medicare coverage would begin on the first day of the month for the month in which you started dialysis. For example, if your first home dialysis training day is the 15th of October, your coverage would be effective on the 1st of October. We will assess your individual circumstances to determine your options for Medicare coverage.
We also have Medicare coverage booklets printed and available to you in English and Spanish at our clinics.
Home dialysis equipment is a life support device. This equipment in the home qualifies you for the SDG&E Medical Baseline Allowance program. It also alerts your utility company that you have a life support device at home. In the event of a planned power outage, completion of this application will assist SDG&E with contacting you so you can make alternate arrangements for your treatment. We will assist you with the completion of this application at the onset of services with Home Dialysis Therapies of San Diego and educate you regarding disaster preparedness as a home dialysis patient.
If you are eligible for Medicare and you select hemodialysis (in a center) as your method of dialysis, there will be a 90-day waiting period for Medicare coverage to begin. However, if you select home dialysis (either peritoneal dialysis or home hemodialysis) as your method of dialysis, the waiting period does not apply. So, your Medicare coverage would begin on the first day of the month for the month in which you started dialysis. For example, if your first home dialysis training day is the 15th of October, your coverage would be effective on the 1st of October. We will assess your individual circumstances to determine your options for Medicare coverage.
We also have Medicare coverage booklets printed and available to you in English and Spanish at our clinics.
We will also help screen whether it may be of benefit to you to apply for Medi-cal or other programs, such as CalFresh (aka SNAP), offered by the California Department of Health and Human Services. Navigating public assistance programs can be intimidating for some, as well as confusing. Our social worker will help clarify what options may be beneficial for you to explore now. Our efforts to monitor your individual circumstances throughout your course of treatment with Home Dialysis Therapies of San Diego will also help determine what steps you may want to take if your situation changes.
Financial concerns and chronic illness often go hand in hand. You may have concerns about maintaining employment while accommodating dialysis into your routine. You may have already missed partial or full days of work due to illness and medical appointments. We are here to support you with the adjustments that may be needed to maintain the activities important to you in your life and routine. There may be paperwork you can fill out at your place of employment that gives you additional job protection for having an illness chronic in nature that requires ongoing treatment. You also may be eligible for short-term disability while you undergo home dialysis training, or if a family member is your care partner he or she may be eligible for Paid Family Leave. If you lose your job or are unable to return to your prior line of work due to disability, you do have options that the social worker at Home Dialysis Therapies of San Diego can explore with you. We are here to assess your individual circumstances to help make the onset of dialysis, or transition to home dialysis, manageable for you. We have the EDD State Disability and Paid Family Leave Forms available for you at our clinics.
The program, which is available in English and Spanish, is designed to educate individuals at all stages of readiness for pursuing a kidney transplant. All program components were developed and field-tested through a series of HRSA research and dissemination grants. Explore Transplant packets are available in English and Spanish at our clinics free of charge.
