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Update on Phosphate Binder Coverage for NY Medicaid Dialysis Patients
12/12/2025 • Posted by Provider Relations

Fidelis Care would like to remind providers of the upcoming change to Medicaid pharmacy benefits for phosphate binders used by dialysis patients.

 

Effective January 1, 2026, phosphate binder prescription drugs for New York Medicaid members utilizing dialysis will no longer be covered as a pharmacy benefit via NYRx, the Medicaid Pharmacy Program, and must be provided by the dialysis clinic as part of the bundled dialysis payment. See below for a list of Phosphate Binders:

  • Auryxia™
  • Calcium acetate
  • Ferric citrate
  • Fosrenol®
  • Lanthanum carbonate
  • Renvela®
  • Sevelamer carbonate
  • Sevelamer HCl
  • Velphoro®
  • Xphozah®

 

For additional information, please see the following communications from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)

 

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