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Renal BizBlog – Keith Chartier
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Renal Business Todays editor Keith Chartier is a graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. Prior to joining Virgo Publishing in 2006, he covered the renal industry as editor for more than two years. |
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12/16/2011
Dialysis Medicare Margins TighteningMedicare margins for dialysis clinics fell for all providers in 2010, but they were much tighter for rural clinics and clinics not affiliated with DaVita or Fresenius. |
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12/15/2011
QIP Performance Scores to be PostedDialysis clinics should be notified by Dec. 15 about their 2012 Performance Score Certificates (PSC), which must be posted in each facility in clear view of patients and caregivers. |
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12/07/2011
FDA Panel Votes in Favor of Affymax Anemia DrugA federal panel has voted 15-1 in favor of recommending the FDA approval of Affymax's anemia drug peginesatide, according to a Dec. 7 report from the San Francisco Business Times. |
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11/30/2011
HHS Extends a Meaningful Use Deadline to 2014Buried in a Nov. 30 press release, HHS announced they would be extending a stage 2 meaningful use deadline to 2014 in order to encourage adoption. |
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11/03/2011
CMS, NRAA to Start Testing HIE SystemThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA) have started to test its health information exchange (HIE) that will allow all dialysis providers to batch submit their data to CROWNWeb, according to a Nov. 2 post on the Project CROWNWeb website. |
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10/19/2011
ESRD Population Grows, EPO Use DecreasesThe latest numbers from the U.S. Renal Data System (USRDS) have been released and they show an every-growing patient population and downward trend in the use of erythropoietin-stimulating agents (ESAs) ... |
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10/12/2011
ASN Abstracts, USRDS Report ReleasedInformation junkies have their hands full this week with the release of two major nephrology-related items. |
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10/04/2011
The Dialysis Consolidation Cycle ContinuesThe latest iteration of dialysis clinic musical chairs continued this week when Frazier Healthcare and New Enterprise Associates revealed themselves as the buyer of divested DaVita clinics under the new-old-name DSI. |
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09/27/2011
Good News from the Staff-Assisted Home Dialysis StoryIn early August, I visited Renal CarePartners’ staff-assisted home dialysis program in Atlanta, and as part of the report, Cindy Gough was kind enough to allow me into her home while she dialyzed in order to see how the program actually worked. |
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09/26/2011
New Mobile App Adds PD ToolsAs smartphones and tablets become increasingly integrated with work and life, the apps to be used on them are becoming more tailored to specific users, including those in the renal profession. |
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