Kidney Care Companions names new government director

Key takeaways:

• Colin Roskey, JD, has been appointed government director of Kidney Care Companions.
• Roskey will head a coalition of greater than 30 organizations.

Colin Roskey, JD, a well being care lawyer and former federal well being official, has been appointed government director of Kidney Care Companions, based on a press launch.

On the helm at Kidney Care Companions (KCP), Roskey will lead a coalition of greater than 30 organizations that symbolize affected person advocates, doctor and well being skilled teams, dialysis suppliers, researchers and producers.

“I sit up for constructing upon the coalition’s achievements in enhancing the lives of the estimated 37 million Individuals dwelling with kidney illness,” Roskey stated within the launch.

Roskey is a principal at a well being care coverage consulting agency, Federal Well being Coverage Methods. With 20 years of expertise in well being care legislation and coverage, he has served as a deputy assistant secretary at HHS, in addition to a well being coverage adviser and counsel for the Senate Finance Committee.

Roskey’s “wealth of information will likely be vital in advancing our key coverage priorities, together with workforce growth, innovation, illness prevention and clarifying the unique intent of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act,” John P. Butler, KCP chairperson, stated within the launch.

Roskey stated he’s honored to affix “a various group with a novel, shared imaginative and prescient to realize a way forward for patient-centered, quality-driven kidney care.”