Renal Business Today: Features/Columns

Tuck Vegetables Into Surprising Places

When you visualize a garden, you might think of carrots planted in straight rows, lettuce all lined up and rectangular planting beds keeping your veggies in order. Shall we say that my garden is not exactly like that? ...More

3 weeks ago

Posted in Articles, Practice Management

Travel on Dialysis: Rethinking the "New Normal"

“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 unthinkable. They feel tethered to their machines or their ...More

3 weeks ago

Posted in Articles, Practice Management

Deciphering Meaningful Use Stage 3

With stage 2 of meaningful use (MU) looming on the horizon for 2014, how many nephrologists have turned their attention to MU stage 3? The stage 3 proposed rule, which was released November 2012, outlines changes to the EHR (electronic health record) Incentive Program that ...More

3 weeks ago

Posted in Articles, Government & Regulation

NRAA HIE CROWNWeb Submissions 80 Percent Complete

Approximately 80 percent of the 800 facilities participating in the National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA) Health Information Exchange (HIE) have finalized the 2012 submission process for CROWNWeb, the NRAA announced in a recent letter. ...More

5 weeks ago

Posted in Articles, Government & Regulation, Practice Management

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

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

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

Education and Empowerment

A colleague of mine in the Kidney Smart CKD education program—for which I’m a certified educator—recently shared a story that’s helpful in understanding the importance of building kidney disease awareness. A woman came to our one-hour Kidney Smart class; recently diagnosed ...More

April 9, 2013

Posted in Articles, Practice Management

Care Well: Investing Ourselves in Patient Satisfaction—The Challenge

The dialysis setting presents a significant challenge to staff wanting to achieve excellence in patient satisfaction. We care daily for patients and their families who are hurting physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Dialysis professionals are a hearty stock. ...More

April 4, 2013

Posted in Articles, Practice Management

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