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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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H.R. 8875 “Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026” would expand Medicare payment for temporary staff-assisted renal respite care and mental health services for eligible home dialysis patients.
Introduced in May 2026 by Carol Miller (R-WV-1), Robert J Whittman (R-VA-1) was the first co-sponsor in June. In last month’s newsl... [Read More]
Posted 08/21/2026 -
H.R. 8319 Would Pay MDs for Remote Physiologic Monitoring of Home Dialysis Patients
The “Keeping Individuals with Dialysis Needs Equipped through Year-round Remote Monitoring Act” or “KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Ac... [Read More]
Posted 06/17/2026 -
“Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026” Would Expand Medicare Payment
If passed, H.R. 8875 would boost coverage for respite care and mental health services for eligible home dialysis patients and offer u... [Read More]
Posted 06/17/2026
Home Dialysis in the News
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NKF Survey Sheds Light on Work Responsibilities and More
Of the renal nurse practitioners and physician responding, 64% provided no care to PD patients and 35% had no responsibilities for pr... [Read More]
Posted 07/16/2026 -
Home HD Now Offered in Croatia
The first patients are dialyzing in their homes. Ivan Durlen, Acting Head of the Dialysis Department of KB Dubrava believes 10% of Cr... [Read More]
Posted 07/16/2026 -
See interviews with 17 Influential Nephrology and Dialysis Pioneers
Dr. Dugan Maddux believes that hearing pioneer’s voices would enhance understanding of how kidney care evolved. See what she built!... [Read More]
Posted 07/16/2026
Industry Updates
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Watch a 2-minute video of Dr. Brigitte Schiller describing a paper on nocturnal home HD
The goal is to help more doctors know how to prescribe nocturnal HHD so more patients have access to this treatment’s improved outc... [Read More]
Posted 08/21/2026 -
The Quanta Dialysis System for home HD is the first FDA 510(k) approved machine that offers high (500 mL/min) dialysate flow
The World Record Academy gave Quanta an award.... [Read More]
Posted 08/21/2026 -
The American Kidney Fund’s Kidney Action Week: Future of Kidney Care is September 8-10.
The theme for this meeting is “Unpacking the latest in kidney care: from understanding your cause to innovations.” Sign up to lea... [Read More]
Posted 08/21/2026
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Nikki Crowe has a new YouTube channel where she shares her journey from ESRD diagnosis in 2013 to living a good life on PD
Nikki’s favorite thing is travel and she plans to share tips to help others have a good life including traveling on dialysis.... [Read More]
Posted 08/21/2026 -
Watch this 6-minute video of a home HD and a PD patient
Calvin and Gretchen share how home dialysis allows them to feel better with a good quality life.... [Read More]
Posted 08/21/2026 -
Home Hemodialysis Set Up in 10 Steps.
This one-minute video is for the NxStage System One.... [Read More]
Posted 08/21/2026
Pipeline Technology
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Humacyte, Inc. announced Robert J. Kossman, MD, FACP, FASN and Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FASN have joined the company as advisors.
This company is preparing to file a supplemental Biologic License Application with the Food and Drug Administration after successful ... [Read More]
Posted 08/21/2026 -
Byonyks on the Move: X-2 and X-3 APD Devices in Development
The pipeline devices will make ultrapure, non-inflammatory, and biocompatible dialysate on-demand to reduce medical waste, reduce the... [Read More]
Posted 07/16/2026 -
Dr. Ben Reynolds and the Virtual Reality Kidney Dialysis Training Project
Glasgow pediatric nephrologist Reynolds developed a tool to teach pediatric patient families about PD so they can see and test what i... [Read More]
Posted 06/17/2026