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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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Little Chance of Passing the Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act of 2024 (H.R. 8075)
This bill to provide Medicare payment for staff-assisted home dialysis has just 13 co-sponsors and few days left in this Congress. Ch... [Read More]
Posted 12/11/2024 -
Fact Sheet: Calendar Year 2025 End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule is published
Two provisions of the ESRD PPS have been highly anticipated—one with hope and the other with concern. In 2025 Medicare’s base bun... [Read More]
Posted 11/21/2024 -
Is your U.S. Representative a co-sponsor for Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act of 2024 (H.R. 8075)?
This bill if passed would require Medicare to pay for staff-assisted home dialysis for patients who are blind or have cognitive, neur... [Read More]
Posted 08/16/2024
Home Dialysis in the News
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Baxter Plant Expected to be at 100% by the End of the Year
See the WCNC video where the speaker mentions PD supplies at 9:28.... [Read More]
Posted 12/11/2024 -
PD patient and restaurant owner in Wichita worries about Baxter’s PD fluid shortage
Joshua Rathbun started PD 4 months ago and is able to run a restaurant. He worries that if the shortage goes on too long, he may have... [Read More]
Posted 11/21/2024 -
Baxter PD fluid shortage is impacting an Indiana PD patient’s life and health
Walter Gilbreath has had more energy since switching from HD to PD, but shortages of Baxter PD fluids put him at risk of having to do... [Read More]
Posted 11/21/2024
Industry Updates
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Nephrologist Dr. Roberto Collazo Shares New Treatments for Kidney Disease and ESKD
Dr. Collazo talks about drugs to slow CKD progression in people with heart disease as well as treatments including home dialysis, tra... [Read More]
Posted 12/11/2024 -
Ellen Lukens from CMMI Presents on the Kidney Care Choices Model
She discusses value-based care and the CMS goals to increase home dialysis and address health equity and social determinants of healt... [Read More]
Posted 12/11/2024 -
2025 NKF Survey on Kidney Health Priorities Finds Home Dialysis is a Patient Priority
See the list... [Read More]
Posted 12/11/2024
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Dialysis Nurse Lindsey Sippl Helps Home Patients Teach Hospital Nurses
Watch the 9 minute video... [Read More]
Posted 12/11/2024 -
Hear Gemma Savory’s experience of kidney disease, cancer, and home HD
Gemma shares her transition from in-center to home HD in the UK and offers practical tips. Watch the interview... [Read More]
Posted 12/11/2024 -
Dawn Smith Bates shares a tip for care partners
Jimmie has been on home dialysis for 15 years—and since he does most of his own treatments, it helps Dawn to avoid burnout. Watch h... [Read More]
Posted 12/11/2024
Pipeline Technology
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University of North Carolina’s GENESIS project to make HD device the size of a cell phone
Researchers are attempting to create dialyzer membranes that weigh just grams and could be used in a small portable HD device that re... [Read More]
Posted 09/12/2024 -
Kamal Shah of NephroPlus Discusses Dalysis Innovations
Learn about the WAK 3.0 for HD, Vicenza and AWAK for PD, wearable peritoneal dialysis, and bio-artificial kidneys in the pipeline.... [Read More]
Posted 08/16/2024 -
Global Wearable Artificial Kidney Market Expected to Grow
A market report expects the value of the global wearable artificial kidney market to be more than $9 billion in 2024 and to exce... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2024