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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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Experts Optimistic About Progress Toward Home Therapies
Home dialysis thought leaders interviewed by Mark Neumann for Nephrology News & Issues report strategies and attitude changes that su... [Read More]
Posted 03/09/2021 -
Indian Government Aims To Make PD Accessible To All
With the growing burden of CKD a major health concern for India, a large rural population, and many patients who must self-pay, PD is... [Read More]
Posted 02/09/2021 -
Patients Who Started On PD Have Better Quality Of Life
A Canadian study of 39,318 patients between 2004 and 2012 found that the 8,170 who started dialysis with PD had more life years—and... [Read More]
Posted 02/09/2021
Industry Updates
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Fresenius Partners with Descartes to Improve Home Dialysis Supply Delivery
More efficient route planning, delivery appointment booking, mobile proof-of-delivery, and notifications will make life easier for th... [Read More]
Posted 03/09/2021 -
Fresenius Fleet Management Solution Supports Home Dialysis Growth
With the rollout of Descartes’, a comprehensive delivery solution to improve distribution of equipment and services to home patient... [Read More]
Posted 02/09/2021 -
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
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Counseling and Assistance Could Help Reduce PD Dropout
Anxiety, depression, and loss of social support, or inability to tolerate the number of treatment sessions accounted for 63% of the P... [Read More]
Posted 03/09/2021 -
CMS CEC Model Case Study Focuses on Fresenius Approach to Home Therapies
CMS conducted research to identify best practices for encouraging a safe transition to home dialysis modalities. A case study assessi... [Read More]
Posted 03/09/2021 -
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
Pipeline Technology
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New, 2-lb. WAK 3.0 Receives Patent
Inventor Victor Gura, MD, claims the new device will free patients from spending lengthy hours in a bed or an armchair, tied up to a ... [Read More]
Posted 03/09/2021 -
KidneyX Winners Claim Backpack Kidney Is 18 Months Away
US Kidney Research Corporation, the University of Arkansas and UCLA Health, Dr. Kurtz and a team of researchers are close to introduc... [Read More]
Posted 02/09/2021 -
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