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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,
Anemia Management in Home Dialysis—How Well Are We Doing?
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Patients with ESRD have a known risk of developing anemia … and tends to worsen as kidney function declines.
Published on 10/23/2014 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: anemia, home dialysis,
Are We Limiting Access to Home Dialysis for Patients with Impairments?
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If we say we’re assessing each patient’s candidacy for home dialysis, we need to stop setting limits on patients who may learn a little differently or may take a little more effort.
Published on 09/04/2014 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: home dialysis, care, impairments, training,