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Essay Contest for Kidney Patients

GLENDALE, Calif.—The Renal Support Network (RSN), a nonprofit, patient-focused, patient-run organization that provides nonmedical services to those affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD), encourages people with kidney ...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

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Heavenly Salads for Springtime

Spring is here and with it comes fresh fruits and vegetables. Now you can make delicious, low-salt fruit or vegetable salads any time. Keeping salt low is a big step toward keeping your blood pressure under control and your kidneys healthy. ...More
April 17, 2013
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
Focus on Finance: Examining the Renal ACO

In February we looked at tax planning, and in March RBT we questioned some of the assumptions used by the General Accounting Office (GAO) to reach its conclusion that the Medicare ESRD expanded bundle may be “overpaying” for dialysis services. In this issue I am focusing on ...More
April 17, 2013
Posted in Articles, Business, Government & Regulation
Video of Lab-Grown, Functional Kidney Amazes

Change. Without it we would still be riding a horse and carriage, looking for the nearest payphone, and e-mails would be called a telegram. ...More
April 17, 2013
Posted in Blog, Clinical & Pharma
Russell Stepp Named NKCs New Foundation Board Member

SEATTLE—Nonprofit Northwest Kidney Centers has named Russell Stepp to its foundation board. ...More
April 17, 2013
Posted in News, Business
AKF, Philadelphia Department of Public Health 'Pair Up' to Fight Kidney Disease

PHILADELPHIA—The American Kidney Fund (AKF) will Pair Up with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to host Kidney Action Day at the Municipal Services Building Plaza in Philadelphia on Friday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public ...More
April 17, 2013
Posted in News, Practice Management
Billing Solutions: What Should be Expected of Renal Billers?

My thanks to those of you who provided feedback about the issues discussed in my February column regarding the future of renal billers. At the end of the column I asked for input about setting reasonable expectations for renal billers. While I received comments about the ...More
April 16, 2013
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
Racial Disparities Exist in End-of-Life Care

WASHINGTON——At the end of life, black patients with kidney failure receiving chronic dialysis are less likely to be referred to hospice and to discontinue dialysis compared with white patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of ...More
April 16, 2013
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
Communication to be Focus of Quality Conference

What is the Creating a Culture of Quality and Safety conference all about? Dr. Jay Ginsberg, chair of the planning committee, gave us at RBT a glimpse into this years conference that will be held on September 17 to 18, at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel. Maggie ...More
April 16, 2013
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
B. Braun Launches New Patient Website

BETHLEHEM, Pa.—B. Braun Medical launched a new website for dialysis patients. The website provides information about living with dialysis. ...More
April 12, 2013
Posted in News, Business, Practice Management
Kidney Disease Risk Higher in People with Apple-Shaped Bodies

WASHINGTON—High blood pressure in the kidneys of people with apple-shaped bodies may be responsible for their increased risk of developing kidney disease later in life, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ...More
April 12, 2013
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma