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Welcome to the non-profit Medical Education Institute's Home Dialysis Central blogspot! This page is an umbrella under which Home Dialysis Central staff and guests can share their perspectives about home therapies and what we need to do to raise their profile and enable more people to use them. We'd like your comments as well! Bookmark our site and like us on Facebook! Help us tell the world about home dialysis.
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ESRD Payment Rule Under Original Medicare for CY 2025
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CMS published the ESRD Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule on November 1, 2024. The provisions in this document take effect January 1, 2025, so here’s a summary of the main ones.
Published on 12/05/2024 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Comparing Part D Drug Plans for 2025 Is More Important Than Ever
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Each year the U.S. government reminds people with Medicare to review and compare their drug coverage in Medicare Advantage and stand-alone Part D plans
Published on 10/17/2024 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Train Dialyzors, Not Care Partners!
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This time the problem is not in-center vs. home, it is the issue of care partners that makes me pipe up.
Published on 09/26/2024 by Henning Sondergaard
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Less Hemodialysis is NOT More
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When it comes to replacing continuous function of a vital organ with an intermittent therapy, less is less and more is more.
Published on 09/19/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
What Medicare Covers for Home Dialysis
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Medicare is a complex program, and it is easy to become confused about or misunderstand it. I can’t count the number of times patients and staff have shared incorrect information about Medicare coverage for home dialysis.
Published on 09/12/2024 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,