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HHS Releases Insurance Exchange Roadmap

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed July 11 a framework to assist states in building insurance exchanges. ...More
July 11, 2011
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
A Patient View of the ESRD Bundle

As is often the case with change, there is much anxiety and anticipation as dialysis facilities, suppliers, laboratories, pharmaceutical companies and, most importantly, the patients brace themselves for the impact the bundle will have on their dialysis care. ...More
June 10, 2011
Posted in Articles, Business, Government & Regulation
DPC Submits ACO Comments to CMS

WASHINGTON— Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) recently asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider several provisions regarding the proposed rule for accountable care organizations to ensure that kidney disease patients are not excluded from ...More
June 7, 2011
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
DPC Asks CMS to Consider Needs of CKD Patients in Insurance Exchanges

WASHINGTON— Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) recently asked the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) to consider the complex needs of people with kidney disease when designing the regulatory framework for the insurance exchanges under the ...More
June 1, 2011
Posted in News
Dialysis Patient Citizens Mourns Loss of Board Member

WASHINGTON— Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) said in an April 21 statement that it grieves the loss of DPC Board Member and devoted kidney patient advocate Beverly “Bev” Schroeder, of Edenton, N.C., who passed away on Wednesday, April 20th, at the age of 76. ...More
April 22, 2011
Posted in News, Business
Dialysis Patient Citizens Names Executive Director

WASHINGTON—Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) announced today that Hrant Jamgochian, JD, LLM, former Director of Health Policy for United Way Worldwide, has joined DPC as its new Executive Director. ...More
April 7, 2011
Posted in News, Business
Patient Groups Ask Congress to Fix Transition Adjuster

A number of kidney patient advocate groups sent letters urging members of Congress to fix the 3.1 percent transition adjuster that went into effect this year. ...More
February 7, 2011
Posted in Blog, Business, Government & Regulation
Dialysis Patient Citizens Offers New Online Class

WASHINGTON—Dialysis Patient Citizens has unveiled a new educational offering for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients as part of its “DPC Classroom” series. ...More
January 6, 2011
Posted in News, Practice Management
Dialysis Patient Citizens Creates Bundle Guide for Patients

WASHINGTON—Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) has introduced the new Dialysis Patients’ Guide to the Medicare End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Bundle, which is available for free download via its website www.dialysispatients.org. ...More
December 15, 2010
Posted in News, Practice Management
Calif. Kidney Disease Summit to be Held Sept. 28

The first California Kidney Disease Summit will be held Tuesday, Sept. 28, and will bring together area caregivers, health services experts and patients to address the needs of the nearly 45,000 Californians with kidney failure. ...More
September 20, 2010
Posted in Blog

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