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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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Nevada Opens Medigap to Under 65s with Medicare Due to ESRD or Disability
The Nevada governor signed SB 292, which takes effect on 10/1/2025.... [Read More]
Posted 06/11/2025 -
Ask your Members of Congress to Help More Patients Access Home Dialysis.
A bill called “Improving Access to Home Dialysis” was introduced in the last session of Congress. NKF says to share with your ele... [Read More]
Posted 05/20/2025 -
Expanding Care in the Home Act (H.R. 2853)
This bill would authorize Medicare payment for staff-assisted home dialysis, home infusion services and lab specimen mailing costs, a... [Read More]
Posted 01/13/2025
Home Dialysis in the News
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Ukrainian PD Patients Get Help to Run Cyclers When Power is Out
In Ukraine, of 10,708 patients with severe kidney disease, 206 are on APD and 400 on CAPD. This article shares stories of Larissa, Ma... [Read More]
Posted 05/20/2025 -
George Godoy is a Home HD Patient Turned Patient Care Technician
One kidney patient, George Godoy, shares his inspirational dialysis journey to help others in need of hope. His nurse, Sylvia, also s... [Read More]
Posted 04/23/2025 -
Tablo Care Patients and Care Partners Flourish
This article describes the findings of a new study of Tablo patients and care partners.... [Read More]
Posted 04/23/2025
Industry Updates
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Encore: Clinical Overview of 90966 Home Dialysis Discusses the CPT Code
This 48-minute video by WPS Government Services for CMS discusses a high error rate for this code for the provider’s monthly capita... [Read More]
Posted 07/16/2025 -
Dr. Brent Miller Presents on Home HD
See his talk on “Home Hemodialysis: Where we are, where we have been and where we are going.”... [Read More]
Posted 07/16/2025 -
Vantive Invests $1B in ShareSource Remote Monitoring
The former Baxter company will investigate how to improve outcomes and team efficiency with the Sharesource remote patient management... [Read More]
Posted 06/11/2025
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Dialysis Nurse Lindsey Sipple presents Dialysis 101: HD and PD Pros & Cons for Nurses
Watch a 16-minute video with a link to a Study Guide of worksheets.... [Read More]
Posted 07/16/2025 -
Why I Love Home: Independence
Watch a 3+ minute video in a series that includes doctors and nurses sharing their passion for home dialysis and support of their pat... [Read More]
Posted 07/16/2025 -
Men’s Health Magazine Video Includes Home HD
See the video here:... [Read More]
Posted 07/16/2025
Pipeline Technology
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HD with Saline and No Blood Thinner?
Macaulay Onuigbo at the University of Vermont describes a prototype HD dialyzer rotator that may make blood thinners a thing of the p... [Read More]
Posted 06/11/2025 -
AWAK is now Singapore-based Vivance
The wearable Viva Kompact dialysis device has an infection management system and makes dialysate from tap water. It’s small, lightw... [Read More]
Posted 05/20/2025 -
Archimedes by Simergent Promises Quieter, Less Painful APD
With suction pressures 74%-84% lower than competitors, this device should help reduce drain pain.... [Read More]
Posted 05/20/2025