Renal Dialysis

Approximately 75 freestanding facilities provide renal dialysis services to Medicaid recipients in Alabama. Covered services include maintenance hemodialysis, CAPD (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) and home treatment as well as training, counseling, drugs, biologicals and related tests.

Medicaid pays for 156 outpatient dialysis treatments per calendar year (three per week) for recipients with kidney failure.

Program Information