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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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Bloomberg Opinion: Home Treatments can Reduce Dialysis Spending
The availability of cheaper, alternative forms of treatment for kidney disease, such as at-home dialysis machines, remains limited, i... [Read More]
Posted 09/13/2022 -
Dialyzors Must Have Choices in Vascular Access Care
Home Dialyzors United Executive Director, Nieltje Gedney, had an opinion piece published in The Hill newsletter, advocating for CMS t... [Read More]
Posted 06/10/2022 -
Senator Warner Introduced the Bipartisan Kidney Health Connect Act
If passed, the bill would let dialysis clinics be originating sites for telehealth services and keep patients from being charged extr... [Read More]
Posted 06/10/2022
Home Dialysis in the News
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U.S. Policy Changes Driving More Low-cost PD
While PD use has grown, costs for the option have remained at 11% less than for standard HD.... [Read More]
Posted 09/13/2022 -
DaVita KidneySmart Classes Tripled Use of Home Dialysis
In a prospective study of almost 2,400 people with CKD who started dialysis from 2018-2019, those who took a 90-minute KidneySmart cl... [Read More]
Posted 08/11/2022 -
Racial Disparities in Kidney Failure Treatment Greatest in Ages 22-44
Analysis of USRDS data for 830,402 adults who started treatment for kidney failure between 2011 and 2018 revealed racial disparities ... [Read More]
Posted 07/13/2022
Industry Updates
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FMC-NA is Company of Choice to Treat Veterans
The VA awarded a five-year contract to FMCNA to treat more than 35,000 military veterans receiving dialysis from the U.S. Department ... [Read More]
Posted 09/13/2022 -
Outset Gets FDA Green Light
About a month and a half after pausing shipments of its Tablo hemodialysis system for at-home use, Outset Medical has secured the ren... [Read More]
Posted 08/11/2022 -
Outset Halts Tablo Sales for Home Use Pending FDA Review of New Features
As Outset has added features improving Tablo since the FDA first cleared it for use, it has now had to submit another 510(k) applicat... [Read More]
Posted 07/13/2022
Living Well with Home Treatments
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The Voice's Adam Isaac Talks About PD
There were times when Isaac “felt like all the energy had left my body,” but he kept performing and doing dialysis backstage at g... [Read More]
Posted 09/13/2022 -
Kamal Shah Describes How PD Changed His Life
After switching to (PD) Kamal incorporated meditation and journaling into his daily routine which helped tremendously with mental and... [Read More]
Posted 09/13/2022 -
Sign Up for the 9/15 Dialysis At Home: A Kidney Community Event!
Want to learn more about home dialysis? Look no further! Dialysis At Home is a FREE online event for CKD, ESKD &... [Read More]
Posted 09/13/2022
Pipeline Technology
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3D Bioprinted Kidneys 10 Years Away
It may be possible to use 3D organ bioprinting to print a viable kidney, using cells from the patient within the next 10 years, predi... [Read More]
Posted 09/13/2022 -
3D Print A New Kidney?
Within 10 years it may be possible to use 3D organ bioprinting to print a kidney, using cells from the patient. Human bladders are al... [Read More]
Posted 08/11/2022 -
Progress in Wearable and Implantable Kidneys
A KidneyX award-winning 30-lb portable HD machine may start animal testing in the next 18 months. A 3-way partnership has built a dia... [Read More]
Posted 08/11/2022