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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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The Alliance for Home Dialysis Works to Identify and Address Barriers
Medical Education Institute is one of 15 organizations that make up the Alliance, which was formed in 2012. Check out its letters, st... [Read More]
Posted 01/16/2026 -
MEI Encourages Care Teams to Ask These Questions for CQI
CMS revised the ICH CAHPS survey and removed questions MEI believes are key to quality patient-centered care. Even though ... [Read More]
Posted 12/17/2025 -
ACA Plan Premiums Could Skyrocket
Medicare is not affected, but some home dialysis patients may have kept ACA plans with lower premiums when they started dialysis... [Read More]
Posted 11/11/2025
Home Dialysis in the News
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Justin Pham Started HD Emergently and Switched to PD
He shares how PD allows him to schedule dialysis so he can spend time with friends, work, and create TikTok videos. See his video... [Read More]
Posted 11/11/2025 -
Strive Health Receives $550 million to Expand Services and Partnerships
The company will expand its value-based model as well, and add AI tools and analytics to its technology.... [Read More]
Posted 10/14/2025 -
NIDDK Awards $3.9M 5-year Grant to Study Home Dialysis Quality of Life
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases-funded study is a collaboration with the University of Virginia ... [Read More]
Posted 10/14/2025
Industry Updates
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Education Critical to Boosting Home Dialysis, Panel Says I
Read the article in ASN Kidney News, January 8, 2026... [Read More]
Posted 01/16/2026 -
The Annual Dialysis Conference Will be in Kansas City, MO February 26 to March 1
The Annual Dialysis Conference Will be in Kansas City, MO February 26 to March 1... [Read More]
Posted 01/16/2026 -
The Forum of ESRD Networks has New Videos for its 2023 Home Dialysis Toolkit
The patient-produced videos and toolkit can be downloaded from the Forum’s site.... [Read More]
Posted 01/16/2026
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Elbert and Easter Met Doing In-center HD and Switched to Home
In this 6-minute video, they talk about meeting, dialysis, and how the iron-based phosphate binder Velphoro works for them.... [Read More]
Posted 01/16/2026 -
Canadian patient Chantelle Found Freedom with PD
After 20 years with CKD, COVID caused Chantelle’s kidneys to fail. Learn how she did in-center, then CAPD before switching to APD. ... [Read More]
Posted 01/16/2026 -
Watch Joe’s PD Journey
Joe is a PD patient from the UK who has had kidney disease for 10 years. His YouTube channel shares his journey with kidney disease a... [Read More]
Posted 01/16/2026
Pipeline Technology
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Drs. Monica Farcus and Jeffrey Perl Win the Mitchell Award for Health System Innovation
The pair also won the Canada Life People’s Choice Award for their device to clear PD catheter clogs. The awards came with $300,000 ... [Read More]
Posted 01/16/2026 -
Nephrodite Wins FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for “Holly”
This investigational implantable, continuous dialysis device has completed its first large animal trials. The company plans to do Goo... [Read More]
Posted 01/16/2026 -
Meet the Dutch Neokidney: a New Suitcase Hemodialysis Machine
This small, portable HD machine is now in clinical trials in Europe, with a goal to be on the market in Europe in late 2026 or early ... [Read More]
Posted 01/16/2026