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• ESRD Payment Rule Under Original Medicare for CY 2025
  12/05 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
• Happy Thanksgiving
  11/28 – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
• Ultrafiltration Rates in Hemodialysis and a Reply to John Agar
  11/21 – Jennifer Ravert, RN
• ASN Kidney Week 2025 Through a Home Dialysis Lens
  11/14 – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute

Home Dialysis in the News

• Baxter Plant Expected to be at 100% by the End of the Year

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Dawn Smith Bates shares a tip for care partners
• Hear Gemma Savory’s experience of kidney disease, cancer, and home HD
• Dialysis Nurse Lindsey Sippl Helps Home Patients Teach Hospital Nurses

Industry Updates

• USRDS 2024 ADR Chapter Finds New Home Dialysis Starts Up 70%
• FDA Correction on Baxter MiniCap Extended Life PD Transfer Set
• 2025 NKF Survey on Kidney Health Priorities Finds Home Dialysis is a Patient Priority
• Ellen Lukens from CMMI Presents on the Kidney Care Choices Model
• Nephrologist Dr. Roberto Collazo Shares New Treatments for Kidney Disease and ESKD

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• Little Chance of Passing the Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act of 2024 (H.R. 8075)

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• Do Ketoanalogue (KA) Supplements Preserve Residual Kidney Function in PD?
• Early Icodextrin (ICO) Use Reduced PD-associated Peritonitis Risk
• Impact of PD Exchange Volume/Day on Outcomes
• Long-term PD vs. HD on Left Ventricular Function

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