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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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MEI Encourages Care Teams to Ask These Questions for CQI
CMS revised the ICH CAHPS survey and removed questions MEI believes are key to quality patient-centered care. Even though ... [Read More]
Posted 12/17/2025 -
ACA Plan Premiums Could Skyrocket
Medicare is not affected, but some home dialysis patients may have kept ACA plans with lower premiums when they started dialysis... [Read More]
Posted 11/11/2025 -
The Telehealth Coverage Act of 2025 H.R. 2263, Could Keep COVID Telehealth Rules
Currently, the bill has no co-sponsors and the House has not been in session for weeks. Contact your U.S. Representative and ask for ... [Read More]
Posted 11/11/2025
Home Dialysis in the News
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Justin Pham Started HD Emergently and Switched to PD
He shares how PD allows him to schedule dialysis so he can spend time with friends, work, and create TikTok videos. See his video... [Read More]
Posted 11/11/2025 -
Strive Health Receives $550 million to Expand Services and Partnerships
The company will expand its value-based model as well, and add AI tools and analytics to its technology.... [Read More]
Posted 10/14/2025 -
NIDDK Awards $3.9M 5-year Grant to Study Home Dialysis Quality of Life
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases-funded study is a collaboration with the University of Virginia ... [Read More]
Posted 10/14/2025
Industry Updates
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Vantive: Real People, Real Stories on PD Empowers Site for Patients
See PD patient and care partner videos on 7 different topics.... [Read More]
Posted 12/17/2025 -
Medicare Fee Schedule Final Rule Summary: CY 2026
This CMS fact sheet provides updates to the fee schedule for physicians and non-physician providers as well as information on telehea... [Read More]
Posted 12/17/2025 -
Medicare Deductible, Coinsurance & Premium Rates for 2026
This fact sheet provides information for patients and dialysis staff about Part A and Part B out-of-pocket costs in 2026, including t... [Read More]
Posted 12/17/2025
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Meet Lioudmila and See How PD and Home HD Changed Her Life
In this 28 minute video, Lioudmila discusses her polycystic kidney disease, PD, nocturnal home HD, emotions, coping, symptoms, and mo... [Read More]
Posted 12/17/2025 -
See How Five Home HD Patients Set Up Their Treatment Areas
Home Hemodialysis Cribs shows you how in just 2over 2 minutes!... [Read More]
Posted 12/17/2025 -
Watch Ready, Set, Go: Travel on Home Hemodialysis
In this hour-long webinar, Vanessa Evans and Christina Gilchrist share their experiences of traveling with home HD.... [Read More]
Posted 12/17/2025
Pipeline Technology
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Watch an AKF Webinar on Advancements in Home Dialysis
Learn about newly FDA-approved equipment and technology on the horizon in this 43-minute session.... [Read More]
Posted 12/17/2025 -
VenoStent, Inc. is Recruiting Patients for a Clinical Trial of the SelfWrap
The trial, for patients 18 and older is called the SelfWrap-Assisted ArterioVEnous Fistulas (SAVE-Fistulas) Study. See the website to... [Read More]
Posted 10/14/2025 -
Diality Treated its First Patient in the Moda-flx Home IDE PRESCRIBE Cinical Trial
This trial is in partnership with aQua Research Institute and aQua Dialysis in Texas.... [Read More]
Posted 10/14/2025