June is National Safety Month

The National Safety Council’s website states, “True safety means ensuring all individuals have the resources, support and environment they need to both be and feel safe. You can’t be safe if you don’t feel safe. 

Our culture embraces all. We boldly empower our team to model respect and dignity. We find impactful opportunities for growth and development. We create a safe environment that includes mental, physical, psychological and emotional protections.” https://www.nsc.org/company

The ESRD Conditions for Coverage require all dialysis providers to support a culture of safety, which includes these elements. Check out these 2025 safety blogs on Home Dialysis Central:

• Dean Feener’s Voice Guided Path to Home Dialysis. https://homedialysis.org/news-and-research/blog/670-a-voice-guided-path-to-safer-dialysis

• Dori Schatell’s View from the Chair: Solo Home HD—Overcoming the Fear Factor. https://homedialysis.org/news-and-research/blog/632-view-from-the-chair-solo-home-hd-overcoming-the-fear-factor

• Keith Edwards’ Beyond the Basics: Advanced Dialysis Equipment Needs Smart Care. https://homedialysis.org/news-and-research/blog/667-beyond-the-basics-advanced-dialysis-equipment-needs-smart-care

Kidney Views Blog Topics: Join us for our weekly home dialysis blog. Click here to subscribe to new post alerts. Tell us what YOU think—we welcome comments and guest blog posts!

• Why are so few people on Peritoneal Dialysis around the world? Claude Answers...
  06/11 – Kamal Shah
• Home Dialysis Patients Need Support…But First, They Need Enough Training
  06/04 – Jennifer Ravert, RN
• I completed 20 years on Daily Nocturnal Hemodialysis!
  05/21 – Kamal Shah

Home Dialysis in the News

• • Fresenius Launches Kinexus® PD and Home HD Monitoring System Globally
• Barcelona, Spain Clinic Doubled its PD population and Increased Home by 43% in 2 Years
• H.R. 8376 Would Require Medicare to Cover Palliative PD or Home HD

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Phil Gave Up His Military Career When His Kidneys Failed
• Lori Hartwell Interviews Vanessa Evans in a 41-minute RSN Hope podcast
• Nephrologist Dr. Belz Interviews PD Patient Lance and His Wife, Candice

Industry Updates

• CMS announced new 5-year contracts for ESRD Networks, which started May 1
• CMS Relocates ESRD Survey Procedures and Interpretive Guidance

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• “Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026” Would Expand Medicare Payment
• H.R. 8319 Would Pay MDs for Remote Physiologic Monitoring of Home Dialysis Patients

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• PD, Anemia, and Roxadustat
• VHA Nationwide Survey of PD Infrastructure and Clinical Practice
• Backup AVFs in PD
• The Impact of Seasonality in Home Dialysis Initiation and Hospitalization Rates
• Facilitating Home Hemodialysis Through Self-Cannulation
• Indigenous Peoples on Home Dialysis

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