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Understanding kidney disease – from those who do - Nephrology News & Issues
The National Kidney Foundation’s Peers program is a telephone-based peer support program offered throughout the U.S. It was developed to connect people living with chronic kidney disease, kidney failure, or a kidney transplant with another patient in a similar situation. Patients seeking support are connected via a toll-free phone system which protects their personal contact information. Since the program was launched in September 2011, NKF Peers has matched over 450 people in need of support.
CMS sets emergency preparedness requirements for health care providers - Nephrology News & Issues
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has finalized a rule that sets emergency preparedness requirements for health care providers participating in Medicare and Medicaid, the agency announced Sept. 8. CMS said they reviewed the current emergency preparedness regulations and found the requirements were not comprehensive enough to address the complexities of emergency preparedness.
New strategy aims to prevent kidney damage in diabetes patients - Nephrology News & Issues
New strategy aims to prevent kidney damage in diabetes patients <photocredit>iStockphoto</photocredit> A new strategy developed by researchers from Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital-Health Research Institute at the Autonomous University of Madrid, may help halt the progression of kidney disease in patients with diabetes.
UNOS: More can be done to give living kidney donors prompt access to kidney transplantation - Nephrology News & Issues
UNOS: More can be done to give living kidney donors prompt access to kidney transplantation Getty Images/iStockphoto/ThinkStock A new study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology finds some shortcomings by the transplant community in providing prompt access to transplantation for living kidney donors who later develop kidney disease and need a transplant.
DaVita Kidney Care appoints Bryan Becker to physician leadership team - Nephrology News & Issues
DaVita Kidney Care appoints Bryan Becker to physician leadership team Becker will oversee Integrated Care at DaVita Kidney Care Getty Images/iStockphoto/ThinkStock DaVita Kidney Care has named Bryan Becker, MD, MMM, FACP, CPE as vice president of integrated care and member of the Office of the Chief Medical Officer, DaVita’s physician leadership team. Dr. Becker will lead the clinical programs for VillageHealth at DaVita HealthCare Partners.
Latest DOPPS data shows changes in intradialytic weight loss, Vitamin D prescriptions - Nephrology News & Issues
As a percentage of post-dialysis body weight, intradialytic weight loss has steadily declined from 3.2% in August 2010 to 2.7% in June 2016, suggesting decreases in Interdialytic Weight Gain over time, according to the latest data from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) Practice Monitor. DOPPS researchers will discuss this trend, including potential causes and implications, during a web conference on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 at 3 p.m. EDT.
Devastating floods in Louisiana require quick action from dialysis providers - Nephrology News & Issues
Devastating floods in Louisiana require quick action from dialysis providers The two largest dialysis providers, Fresenius Medical Care and DaVita Kidney Care, provided details of how they handled the natural diaster U.S. Department of Agriculture On Aug. 12 and 13, some areas of Southeast Louisiana received more than 25 inches of rain, overflowing rivers and damaging more than 100,000 homes. At least 13 people died.
Louisiana floods put preparedness to the test - Nephrology News & Issues
Getty Images/iStockphoto/ThinkStock On Friday, August 12, Southeast Louisiana received heavy rains – in excess of 25 inches in many areas – that caused the flooding of more than 60,000 homes and the deaths of at least 13 people. As the rain continued to fall, the local communities started to receive warnings that the Comite and Amite Rivers were beginning to fill and that they would likely overflow their banks.
A look at the most popular NephrologyNews.com articles in August - Nephrology News & Issues
Getty Images/iStockphoto/ThinkStock A look at the most popular NephrologyNews.com articles in August Last month, our most read articles covered CMS’ request for information regarding dialysis patients being steered to ACA plans, an interview with the nephrologist heading the telemedicine pilot in Alabama for peritoneal dialysis patients, and Satellite Healthcare’s every other day nocturnal home hemodialysis program. 1.
Taking care of dialysis patients during an emergency requires taking care of the staff - Nephrology News & Issues
Campers Fresenius provided as temporary housing for its staff The floods that inundated Southeast Louisiana last month and damaged more than a 100,000 homes came with very little warning. Residents had little time to hunker down in storm shelters or evacuate to higher ground. They were going about their normal business, attending school, going to work, and for some, undergoing their regular dialysis sessions.
‘Steering’ dialysis patients away from Medicare will hurt ESRD Program in the long run - Nephrology News & Issues
It really shouldn’t come as any surprise that dialysis companies are partial to billing commercial health plans for dialysis services. It’s survival, they say, and Medicare has always looked the other way because it helps to reduce what the ESRD program consumes each year––about 8% of the budget.
Empowering patients can improve the renal care experience - Nephrology News & Issues
Getty Images/iStockphoto/ThinkStock Last month I interviewed Francyne N. Rosenstock, vice president of Business Development and Marketing for Renal Reserve, about the causes of burnout among dialysis nurses. “I think nursing, in general, has a higher burnout rate than other disciplines in health care because nurses are on the front lines of patient care,” Rosenstock said. “They have a connection to their patients, especially patients who they are involved with over a long period of time.
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