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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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NKF Calls on New Administration to Prioritize Kidney Disease in the First 100 Days
Kidney disease is a public health crisis that receives inadequate funding compared to its fiscal impact, so the NKF is calling on the... [Read More]
Posted 01/12/2021 -
CMS Approves Add-On Payment For Innovative Home Dialysis Equipment
A new Medicare rule will create incentives for companies to develop new home dialysis equipment. The added payment is intended to he... [Read More]
Posted 12/10/2020 -
Medicare Payment Changes to Support Innovation and Home Dialysis
As requested by community advocates, Medicare IS expanding the transitional add-on payment adjustment for new and innovative equipmen... [Read More]
Posted 11/12/2020
Home Dialysis in the News
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With Education and Shared Decision-Making, Almost 2/3 Choose Home Dialysis
The multinational Peridialysis study of 1,071 patients who were suitable for home treatments found that following education and share... [Read More]
Posted 01/12/2021 -
New NKF KDOQI Guidelines Focus on Patient-Centered PD Care
Supporting the direction of the International Society for PD, the first new KDOQI PD guidelines since 2006 recommend including patien... [Read More]
Posted 01/12/2021 -
2020 USRDS Annual Report: “Strong Growth” in Home Dialysis and Preemptive Transplant
USRDS serves the kidney community through research and data analysis. This year they devoted a chapter to the patient experience.... [Read More]
Posted 12/10/2020
Industry Updates
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Outset Medical Analyzed By Investors
Outset Medical reported 309% revenue growth to $33 million in the first 9 months of 2020, with system sales as the primary driver so ... [Read More]
Posted 01/12/2021 -
Quanta Appoints John S. Lipman as President of North America
UK-based Quanta has a new President for its North American operations. John is using his 25 years of medical device leadership to re... [Read More]
Posted 12/10/2020 -
Baxter’s Theranova Dialyzer Debuts
Dialysis Care Center (DCC) Evergreen Park is the first location in the U.S. where Baxter’s Theranova, a novel dialyzer designed to ... [Read More]
Posted 11/12/2020
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Irish Man Cleans House to Benefit from PD
Even with every 2 week delivery, Dermot Hayes from Clare, Ireland, had to make room for PD by clearing out unnecessary items and g... [Read More]
Posted 01/12/2021 -
Tablo Home HD Machine a Good COVID-Safe Option for Dick Henry
Henry found the perfect option to avoid exposure to doctors and others on dialysis by taking his HD home with the Tablo. Aft... [Read More]
Posted 01/12/2021 -
Man Gains Independence with Home HD and Advocates for Others
Bryan Mays lost a foot and his kidney function, but instead of giving up, he learned to dialyze at home. Fresenius Kidney Care in Cl... [Read More]
Posted 01/12/2021
Pipeline Technology
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The Top 10 Catheter Innovations of 2020
From ultrasound approaches to better control blood pressure to push button blood clot removal, see what’s new in the world of cathe... [Read More]
Posted 01/12/2021 -
Researchers Use Technology To Print Miniature Human Kidneys In Lab
Bioprinted mini-kidneys made with stem cell “ink” to test drugs are not new—but now about 200 of them can be made in just 10 mi... [Read More]
Posted 12/10/2020 -
New Drug for Dialysis-related Itching
Itching is a form of pain, and dialysis-related itching affects up to 40% of people on dialysis—with no approved treatment. Vifor ... [Read More]
Posted 11/12/2020