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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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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 -
H.R. 8319 Introduced in the House in April
The bill, “Keeping Individuals with Dialysis Needs Equipped through Year-round Remote Monitoring Act” was referred to the Committ... [Read More]
Posted 05/15/2026
Home Dialysis in the News
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H.R. 8376 Would Require Medicare to Cover Palliative PD or Home HD
Currently, Medicare will not cover in-center or home dialysis for patients electing hospice for an ESRD-related diagnosis, and the me... [Read More]
Posted 06/17/2026 -
Barcelona, Spain Clinic Doubled its PD population and Increased Home by 43% in 2 Years
Growing a PD population by 80 patients and a home HD population by 20 is a real achievement. Echoing what Jen Ravert blogged this mon... [Read More]
Posted 06/17/2026 -
Fresenius Launches Kinexus® PD and Home HD Monitoring System Globally
Kinexus integrates remote data transfer for review, prescription changes, and supply ordering. Fresenius expects it to improve staff... [Read More]
Posted 06/17/2026
Industry Updates
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CMS Relocates ESRD Survey Procedures and Interpretive Guidance
These documents moved from the ESRD Facility Provider Website to Appendix H (ESRD) In The State Operations Manual. The CMS-provided a... [Read More]
Posted 06/17/2026 -
CMS announced new 5-year contracts for ESRD Networks, which started May 1
The Networks, Executive Directors, and emails are followed by a map of their geographic areas: Networks 1, 6, 9... [Read More]
Posted 06/17/2026 -
Simon Davies Discusses the Role of PD in Expanding Dialysis Acess
Davies explores access to dialysis care and how finance, policy and technology can influence PD use.... [Read More]
Posted 05/15/2026
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Nephrologist Dr. Belz Interviews PD Patient Lance and His Wife, Candice
Learning about Lance’s lifestyle preferences and family responsibilities allowed Dr. Belz to help Lance see how urgent start PD cou... [Read More]
Posted 06/17/2026 -
Lori Hartwell Interviews Vanessa Evans in a 41-minute RSN Hope podcast
Diagnosed with CKD at age 12, Vanessa had a transplant for 5-1/2 years at 18 and has been on dialysis for 28 years—8 on in-center, ... [Read More]
Posted 06/17/2026 -
Phil Gave Up His Military Career When His Kidneys Failed
Wanting to help people, Phil chose to pursue a master’s degree in social work and chose home HD to do dialysis and attend school fu... [Read More]
Posted 06/17/2026
Pipeline Technology
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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 -
HollyTM Implantable Continuous Dialysis System Could be Ready for Human Trials Soon
The device, granted FDA breakthrough status last December, may be ready for human testing in 20-24 months. Besides being a bridge to ... [Read More]
Posted 04/14/2026 -
Xeltis is Trialing its Polymer-based Vascular Access
aXess is a self-healing device that allows the patient’s cells to colonize a polymeric matrix which then becomes an access. A U.S. ... [Read More]
Posted 03/12/2026