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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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Home Dialyzor Advocates for Medigap Expansion Bill for Under 65s
Richard Muehlbauer finds that even with Medicare and Medigap, he has out of pocket costs for his home HD. He supports the Jack Reynol... [Read More]
Posted 08/12/2021 -
Innovate Kidney Care Launches Campaign To Improve Home Dialysis Options
Nine industry companies kicked off a new campaign to increase patient options for home dialysis. The group aims to advocate with CMS... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021 -
H.R. 1676 Bill Ensures that Dialysis Patients Can Access Life-Saving Care
Congress is working on the Jack Reynolds Memorial Medigap Expansion Act which will open up Medigap coverage to dialysis patients unde... [Read More]
Posted 06/15/2021
Home Dialysis in the News
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CloudCath Remotely Monitors Spent PD Dialysate
Incorporated into PD drain lines, CloudCath sends data to the cloud and uses algorithms to alert clinicians to problems such as infec... [Read More]
Posted 08/12/2021 -
Canadian Study Identifies Home Dialysis Challenges
Canadian researchers found that the burdens of therapy and psychosocial reasons were behind much of the dropout from home HD, and rec... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021 -
NxStage President Says Fresenius Encourages Home Dialysis
Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative, interest in home therapies is on the rise in the... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021
Industry Updates
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Diality Appoints Chief Business Officer
Dan Guthrie will use his 20+ years of senior leadership and commercialization experience to help guide portable home HD company Diali... [Read More]
Posted 08/12/2021 -
FMC-NA Names Joe Turk New President for Renal Therapies Group
Joseph (Joe) Turk succeeds Mark Constanzo, who recently retired, as the new President for the Fresenius Medical Care North America Re... [Read More]
Posted 08/12/2021 -
Quanta Receives $245M Investment for SC+ Home HD System
UK-based Quanta’s compact, simple, and powerful SC+ home HD system has attracted new funding, which will speed up penetration into ... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Canadians Identify Support Options to Keep People on Home Dialysis
Canadian researchers suggest that home dialysis dropout could be reduced with home visits, emotional and mental health care, peer sup... [Read More]
Posted 08/12/2021 -
Miss International 2013 Talks About Home Dialysis
Beauty Queen Bea Rose Santiago does solo home dialysis five times a week after developing an autoimmune disease that caused kidney fa... [Read More]
Posted 08/12/2021 -
Champion Powerlifter Can Still Bench Press 500 Lbs on Home HD
While he awaits a transplant, Steve Gentili opened Indy City Barbell in downtown Indianapolis. He does home HD 5 days a week and trai... [Read More]
Posted 08/12/2021
Pipeline Technology
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India’s OmniPD Receives Prize
Padmaseetha Technologies received a runner-up trophy at ZS's inaugural healthcare innovation program for a portable PD cycler with a ... [Read More]
Posted 08/12/2021 -
Dutch Neokidney Facing the “Innovation Paradox”
The Neokidney plug-and-play and user-friendly home HD machine will weigh less than 22 pounds, fit into a suitcase, and use just 4 to ... [Read More]
Posted 08/12/2021 -
Qidni Portable Dialysis Nearing Human Trials
Qidni’s mobile hemodialysis machine called Qidni/D is a step toward a “waterless and mobile” system. The HD machine, which use... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021