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U.S. Renal Care Settles Fraud Case

BALTIMORE—U.S. Renal Care has agreed to pay $7.3 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a nurse that alleged a company U.S. Renal Care acquired, Dialysis Corporation of America (DCA), ...read more

Travel on Dialysis

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page,” said Augustine of Hippo. For many, travel provides an expanded world view and a great deal of joy. For many hemodialysis patients, travel seems ...read more

2013 RPA Meeting

If you missed the three-day, 2013 Renal Physician Association conference held in New Orleans, Renal Business Today was there and has the highlights available at your fingertips in the latest digital issue. Renal ...read more

Venous Needle Dislodgement

Venous needle dislodgement (VND) occurs when a venous needle dislodges from a patient's vascular access during hemodialysis treatment. This report discusses VND severity and presents best practices and other solutions to ...read more

A Recipe Guide to Lowering Salt Intake

Whether you are a kidney disease patient or a non-kidney patient, it is important to keep your kidneys as healthy as possible by following a low-sodium diet. Did you know that for a healthy individual over the age of 50, a ...read more

Latest Headlines

Gambro opens bloodline factory in Czech Republic

STOCKHOLM—Gambro has opened a new bloodline manufacturing facility in Prerov, Czech Republic, which will be Gambro’s largest factory worldwide with 1,500 employees. ...More
April 17, 2008
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
Muscle mass may not fully explain higher creatinine in blacks with kidney disease

SAN FRANCISCO—Why do black patients with advanced kidney disease have higher levels of creatinine, a standard indicator of kidney function, than whites? Contrary to what doctors have thought, the difference may not necessarily reflect differences in muscle mass related to ...More
April 17, 2008
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Healthcare not prepared for baby boomers

WASHINGTON—As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a healthcare work force that is too small and unprepared to meet their specific health needs, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine. ...More
April 17, 2008
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
Deficient Ariz. clinic demonstrates need for regular inspection

“State surveyors found dried blood on chairs, walls and the floor. Dialysis machines, parts still wet with blood, were not appropriately checked for contamination after treatments. Ants infested the treatment area and crawled onto patients.”Sounds like a scene ...More
April 11, 2008
Posted in Blog
CMS releases dialysis conditions for coverage

WASHINGTON—On April 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the final rule to modernize the Medicare conditions for coverage of dialysis centers in the United States. ...More
April 11, 2008
Posted in News, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Shire launches phosphate binder adherence program for patients

Shire Pharmaceuticals has launched On Track, a program designed to improve adherence to disease management regimens dialysis patients with hyperphosphatemia, or elevated levels of phosphorus in the blood. On Track was designed to provide resources to patients, healthcare ...More
April 10, 2008
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
FDA updates heparin death count

There have been 62 deaths in heparin patients who showed allergic reaction symptoms or low blood pressure, according to an April 8 report released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Click HERE to read the report. Baxter International and APP Pharmaceuticals are the ...More
April 9, 2008
Posted in Blog
Court says Fresenius 2008K dialysis machine infringes Baxter’s patents

OAKLAND, Calif.—A federal judge in California ruled April 4 that Fresenius must stop making, using or selling its 2008K hemodialysis machine in addition to paying damages for infringing on Baxter's patents. ...More
April 7, 2008
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
DaVita’s chief medical officer McAllister retires

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.— DaVita’s chief medical officer Charles McAllister, MD, retired April 1, according to the dialysis provider. McAllister became DaVita’s CMO in 2000 and stepped down in July 2007. He has since served as CMO emeritus in the Office of the CMO. ...More
April 2, 2008
Posted in News, Business
N.Y. grants $105 million for health IT

ALBANY, N.Y.—New York Gov. David Paterson said $105 million in grants have been awarded to 19 leading community-based health information technology (IT) projects. ...More
April 2, 2008
Posted in News, Government & Regulation, Practice Management