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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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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 -
Home Dialysis Alliance Advocates for Home Dialysis
The Alliance recently wrote a letter to Congress that includes several priorities: AKI to home dialysis, screening for CKD and ESRD i... [Read More]
Posted 03/15/2024
Home Dialysis in the News
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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 -
Tablo-maker Outset Joined the ANNA’s Partnership Advisory Council
Per BusinessWire, “Outset will strongly support ANNA’s efforts to bring about changes that expand the role of the nephrology ... [Read More]
Posted 05/09/2024
Industry Updates
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NKF: Making the Case for Home Dialysis
This document has information about types of dialysis, the pending Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act (H.R. 8075), and tips to ove... [Read More]
Posted 05/09/2024 -
Baxter Announces Multiple Online Training Videos for Professionals
Watch videos on the Baxter AK 98 HD machine, PD machines (Amia, HomeChoice, HomeChoice Pro, and Claria), ShareSource, Ultrabag, and S... [Read More]
Posted 04/12/2024 -
Humana and Strive Health Expand Holistic Partnership to more Humana Members
Humana HMO and PPO members in IL, IN, KY, MI and northwest NC are included. The Strive model includes social services, care and medic... [Read More]
Posted 04/12/2024
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Nurse Nick Describes How to Travel on PD
Invest 1 minute in his video to learn how.... [Read More]
Posted 05/09/2024 -
Do These Steps to Overcome Your Dialysis Fear
Bethany, a PD patient, has a channel called KidneyKeeping. Watch her 12:59-minute video.... [Read More]
Posted 05/09/2024 -
Elbert and Easter: A Dialysis Love Story
In a 5:55 video, learn how they met in-center and switched to home HD, and how the phosphate binder Velphoro works for them. The las... [Read More]
Posted 05/09/2024
Pipeline Technology
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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 -
New Measure of Home Dialysis Dropout
An abstract at the American Society of Nephrology meeting described a Standardized Discontinuation Ratio. The new tool helps dialysis... [Read More]
Posted 01/16/2024 -
Check out the NextKidney Neokidney HD Machine
Made in Singapore, Neokidney is compact, weighing 10 kg, fits in a rolling carryon bag, and uses sorbent technology to regenerate 5 L... [Read More]
Posted 11/15/2023