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Home Hemodialysis

NxStage Submits Comments to CMS to Fix Reimbursement for Home Hemodialysis Training

LAWRENCE, Mass.—NxStage Medical, announced that it submitted public comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding its Proposed Rule for the Changes to the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System for 2013. ...More
September 6, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Brian Hess, Patient, Advocate, Receives Prestigious Honor From AAKP

LAWRENCE, Mass.—NxStage Medical, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced that the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) has honored NxStage System One patient Brian Hess with the Samuel J. Orenstein Award. The award is ...More
August 29, 2012
Posted in News, Practice Management
Home Dialyzors Conference Offers Presentations, Opportunity to Socialize

BALTIMORE—The third annual Home Dialyzors United Meet Up and Conference is set for October 7 to 10. The conference provides patients and care partners, who are looking for alternatives to in-center treatment, to learn firsthand from home dialyzors and leading renal ...More
August 28, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
120: The Most Crucial Days in Early Dialysis

RV CARE is a program that focuses on the decrease in mortality, improvement of outcomes in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and helps patients adjust to dialysis by empowering them to take care of themselves and be advocates in their own health care. ...More
August 14, 2012
Posted in Articles, Business, Practice Management
Reinventing the Comfort Zone

The dictionary defines comfort as “a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint.” It is described as a feeling of “pleasurable ease.” These words alone foster a soothing sense of peace. We all seek to be in a place that provides us warmth, contentment and ...More
August 14, 2012
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
Physicians and Companies Recognized for Outstanding Achievement

BALTIMORE—On the evening of Sunday, October 7, Home Dialyzors United (HDU) will honor four recipients with two new awards for outstanding medical practice and organizational achievement. The awards will be formally presented at the HDU awards banquet, which opens its third ...More
August 10, 2012
Posted in News, Practice Management
Hemodialysis University: Focusing on Problems in Dialysis

There are many problems that face dialysis—from mineral bone disorders and water treatment, to home hemodialysis and mitigation of cardiovascular risk. They are all topics that are in need of examination and discussion. ...More
August 3, 2012
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
FDA ESRD Technology Program Poll Results and What's up Next

Thanks to all of you who took the time to vote in our poll on the three chosen by the FDA products for the Pilot ESRD Technology Program. Check out the results of this poll and take a second to vote on the new one. ...More
August 1, 2012
Posted in Blog, Practice Management
Aetna, UHC Accept More Frequent HHD

Insurance companies are jumping on the "more frequent dialysis is better" bandwagon. In March, UnitedHealthCare (UHC) changed coverage plans that provide payment for more frequent home hemodialysis (HHD). On Monday, June 18, Aetna named the NxStage System One "medically ...More
June 25, 2012
Posted in Blog
DCI to Host Open House Celebration of Albany Clinic

ALBANY, NY—Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (DCI) is hosting an open house celebration June 21from 4-7p.m. at 176 Washington Ave. Ext., Suite 100, Albany, NY. ...More
June 13, 2012
Posted in News, Business