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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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Bill Would Expand Medigap Access for Dialysis Patients if Passed
H.R. 35, the Close the Medigap Act of 2023 was introduced in the House by Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37) on January 9, 2023, and will die if... [Read More]
Posted 06/14/2024 -
Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) Plans to Introduce the Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act
A home dialysis patient testified before the House Ways & Means Committee in support of this bill, which would require payment for st... [Read More]
Posted 04/12/2024 -
Congressional Hearing on Enhancing Access to Care at Home in Rural Communities
On March 12, 2024, Jason Smith (R-MO), Chair of the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, gave an opening st... [Read More]
Posted 03/15/2024
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Home Dialysis in the News
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ETC Model Structure Did Not Move the Needle on Home Dialysis with Social Risk Factors
Home dialysis rates were lower in clinics that treated patients who had more social risk factors race (i.e., Black, non-Hispanic Blac... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2024 -
FDA Class I Recalls of Dialysis Products for Potential Risk of Serious Injury or Death
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Posted 05/09/2024 -
New Partnership Will Bring Tablo to 33 States Where US Renal Care has Clinics
Outset Medical announced that it partnered with U.S. Renal Care to accelerate home hemodialysis in the U.S.... [Read More]
Posted 05/09/2024
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Industry Updates
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Death of Cannulation Expert, Educator and Home Dialysis Champion, Stuart Mott
On June 17, 2024, the kidney community lost another dialysis pioneer. ... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2024 -
PD and Home HD Sessions and Posters from the 2024 NKF Spring Clinicals
Find live and on-demand sessions on home dialysis from this year’s conference in Long Beach, CA by searching the ... [Read More]
Posted 06/14/2024 -
New, Validated Survey of Home Dialysis Patients’ Experience of Care
The 26-item Home Dialysis Care Experience (H-DCE) survey is now available. Read an abstract that reports on validity testing of the s... [Read More]
Posted 06/14/2024
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Living Well with Home Treatments
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Total Dialysis: A New Channel by a Home HD Patient for Patients
Clancy Mamou has had two kidney transplants and is on home HD. He talks about his channel, where people who subscribe can hear about ... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2024 -
Podcast Dx Interviews Home HD patient and Care Partner
Christina, known as Blind Chick Living, and Michael, known as the Caretaker, talk about challenges and living, traveling and thriving... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2024 -
Explore Three Innovative Types of Dialysis in a Podcast
Kidney transplant advocate and recipient James “Uncle Jim” Myers, hosts a 65-minute podcast with Joshua Dipzinski, the CEO and co... [Read More]
Posted 06/14/2024
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Pipeline Technology
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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 -
Byonyks X1: a New, Small, Portable APD Machine
Developed in Pakistan with U.S. R&D, an FDA application for the X1 was filed in Nov., 2023. Byonyks expects the X1 to be in patients... [Read More]
Posted 06/14/2024 -
The Public-Private ASN, DHSS, KidneyX Partnership is 5 Years Old This Year
The goal of KidneyX is “to accelerate innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of kidney diseases.” Challenge Winn... [Read More]
Posted 05/09/2024