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CMS: Health care spending growth is expected to average 5.8% annually until 2025
CMS: Health care spending growth is expected to average 5.8% annually until 2025 Getty Images/iStockphoto/ThinkStock Total health care spending growth is expected to average 5.8% annually over 2015-2025, according to a report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of the Actuary (OACT), published July 13 by Health Affairs and authored. Projected national health spending growth remains lower than the average over previous two decades before 2008 (nearly 8%).
Study finds diabetes screening guidelines miss more than half of high-risk patients
Getty Images/iStockphoto/ThinkStock A new study from Northwestern Medicine found the 2015 diabetes screening guidelines from the United States Preventive Service Task Force missed 55% of high-risk individuals with prediabetes or diabetes. The guidelines recommend patients be screened for diabetes if they are between 40 and 70 years old and are overweight or obese. But the study found many patients outside those age and weight ranges develop diabetes, especially racial and ethnic minorities.
National Kidney Foundation stakeholders’ conference will give patients a voice in setting research priorities
Getty Images/iStockphoto/ThinkStock The National Kidney Foundation will hold a Patient Centered Outcomes Research Stakeholders’ Conference in conjunction with the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings in Orlando in April, 2017. The conference will bring together 100 patients, caregivers, stakeholders and academics to identify patient-centered research priorities—and challenges—for kidney disease.
AAKP accepting applications for Jenny Kitsen Patient Safety Award
AAKP accepting applications for Jenny Kitsen Patient Safety Award Applications for the Jenny Kitsen Patient Safety Award are available from the American Association of Kidney Patients. The deadline for submissions is quickly approaching – July 31, 2016. The Jenny Kitsen Patient Safety Award funds an annual lecture or presentation that will advance patient safety by exploring innovation in health systems management.
Air pollution linked to increased rates of kidney disease
Air pollution linked to increased rates of kidney disease Regions with high levels of fine particulate air pollution had the highest rates of membranous nephropathy in China A new study published the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology indicates that air pollution causes damage to the kidneys. Air pollution has become a serious problem in many cities in China, but the extent of its impact on individuals’ health is unclear.
Representatives introduce bill to give ESRD patients access to Medicare Advantage
Representatives introduce bill to give ESRD patients access to Medicare Advantage Getty Images/iStockphoto/ThinkStock On July 8, Representatives Jason Smith, R-Missouri, John Lewis, D-Ga., Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., and Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., introduced legislation that would give end-stage renal disease patients the choice to enroll in Medicare Advantage plans.
Home and more frequent dialysis at the fore of Medicare dialysis rulemaking
On June 30, Medicare released its proposed dialysis payment policies for 2017 in the Federal Register for public comment. In this year’s proposed rule, home and more frequent dialysis are at the fore. Specifically, Medicare seeks comments on proposals on payment for home/self-care dialysis training and for more frequent hemodialysis. At the highest level, we commend Medicare for addressing these issues.
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