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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
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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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 -
Baxter Launches MyPD Digital Management App in Korea
Baxter Korea announced this week that MyPD will allow patients to enter and manage their PD data and connect to Sharesource so care p... [Read More]
Posted 06/14/2024
Living Well with Home Treatments
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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 -
Watch PD Patient Kristen Rice Share Her Supply Storage and Machine Set-up
Renal Support Network volunteer Kristen also covers catheter care, and how she fits work and fun in with her dialysis routine in this... [Read More]
Posted 06/14/2024 -
Myths & Barriers to Home Dialysis WebEx on Thursday, July 11 from 2-3pm ET
Home dialysis advocate Dr. Osama El Shamy is the guest speaker for this informative webinar sponsored by the ESRD National Coordinati... [Read More]
Posted 06/14/2024
Pipeline Technology
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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 -
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