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Barry Straube

NRAA Honors Barry Straube with Award

NEW ORLEANS—Former Medicare chief medical officer Barry Straube, MD, was awarded the National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA) Mark Zawiski Award on Oct. 6 at the NRAA annual meeting. ...More
October 6, 2011
Posted in Articles, Business
AAKP Honors Barry Straube with Award

LAWRENCE, Mass.—The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) honored Barry Straube, MD, with the Peter Lundin, MD, Award at the organization's 38th Annual Convention in August. ...More
September 26, 2011
Posted in News, Business
Barry Straube Joins NxStage Board of Directors

LAWRENCE, Mass.—Former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) chief medical officer Barry M. Straube, MD, has joined NxStage Medical’s board of directors. ...More
July 12, 2011
Posted in News, Business
Reactions to the ProPublica Dialysis Series

On Nov. 9, ProPublica published the first article in a series by journalist Robin Fields that has questioned the U.S. dialysis system’s quality of care, and it has started to draw responses from some of the community’s prominent members. ...More
November 10, 2010
Posted in Blog, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
NKF Launches Pre-Dialysis Medicare Education Benefit Promotion

NEW YORK—Helping patients make informed choices about their own health is the rationale behind the new Medicare pre-dialysis education benefit, and the National Kidney Foundation has developed a comprehensive curriculum to assist professionals in providing this patient ...More
February 24, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
CMS Yet to Respond to Dialysis Letter Calling for Change

WASHINGTON—More than a month after sending a letter to government representatives outlining the need for change in the way dialysis is delivered in the United States, a number of prominent nephrologists are still waiting for a response. ...More
July 10, 2009
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
CMS Announces Sites for Hospital Readmission Project

BETHESDA, Md.—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 13 announced the 14 communities around the nation chosen for its Care Transitions Project, seeking to eliminate unnecessary hospital re-admissions. ...More
April 14, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
CROWNWeb’s First Phase-In to Include 8 Dialysis Clinics

WASHINGTON—Just a few weeks ago, thousands of dialysis clinics nationwide were gearing up to start using Medicare’s CROWNWeb system; now, just eight clinics will be required to implement the data reporting system in early February, according to an industry letter. ...More
January 30, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Medicare Scales Back CROWNWeb Implementation

WASHINGTON—After mounting pressure from the renal community, Medicare will be scaling back its implementation of the CROWNWeb data reporting system, forcing only a small number of dialysis facilities to participate by Feb. 1. Meanwhile, the federal agency will study ...More
January 21, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
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

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