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Camino Renal Care – Participating in the Medicare Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting Model

Welcome to Camino Renal Care

Camino Renal Care is a Kidney Contracting Entity owned by Balboa Nephrology Medical Group, formed to participate in the Medicare sponsored Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting Model. This model is focused on late stage chronic kidney disease care and increasing home dialysis and transplantation.

We are serving aligned Medicare Beneficiaries in San Diego County, Imperial County and Orange County.

Leadership

Clinical
Terry Behrend, M.D., Balboa Nephrology Medical Group
Amar Patel, M.D., Balboa Nephrology Medical Group

Administrative
Bijal Patel, M.D., Balboa Nephrology Medical Group
Shaun Edelstein, Balboa United

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858-810-8200

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info@caminorenalcare.com

Partnership

Camino Renal Care is partnering with Medicare in the Kidney Care Choices Model.

Education

Kidney Care Choices educates patients about kidney disease and manages care by providing resources.

Transition

Kidney Care Choices can support the transition onto dialysis and helps throughout the transplant process.

Choices

Your provider choices aren’t limited and your Medicare benefits do not change.

Our Mission: Your Care

Working Together With Medicare

Camino Renal Care brings together the talents of Balboa Nephrology Medical Group, Fresenius Kidney Care, Sharp Memorial Hospital Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Center and LightBridge Medical Associates to manage and improve care for our Medicare beneficiaries.

Through this innovative Medicare program these providers will collaborate to delay the on-set of dialysis for Chronic Kidney Disease beneficiaries, increase the number of beneficiaries dialyzing at home and increase kidney transplants.

Participating beneficiaries have access to a variety of educational and care resources to help them on their kidney care journey, along with patient to patient mentoring services provided by ReMend.

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info@caminorenalcare.com

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858-810-8200

Kidney Care Choices Participants

Participating Organization

Sharp Memorial Hospital – Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program

Governing Body

Terry Behrend, M.D.
Balboa Nephrology

Dennis Bourque
Independent Consumer Advocate

Chloe Buchholtz
Evergreen Nephrology

Shaun Edelstein
Balboa United

Christine Prewitt
Sharp HealthCare

Chief Compliance Officer

Alex DuPuis
Evergreen Nephrology

Quality Measures, Shared Savings and Shared Losses

Quality Performance

Overall performance across CMS KCC quality

PY2024: 88.75%

PY2023: 100%

PY2022: 87.5%

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Total Shared Savings and Shared Losses

PY2024: $ 2,774,304.71

PY2023: $4,523,548.42

PY2022: -$1,641,286

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Proportion of Shared Investments

PY2024: $2,358,159
85% allocation

PY2023: $3,211,719.38
71% allocation

PY2022: N/A

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Proportion of Shared Savings distributions

PY2024: $416,145.71
15% allocation

PY2023: $1,311,829.04
29% allocation