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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
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
Could Health Reform Help Boost Transplants?

NPR and The Washington Post recently ran articles (both written by the same person) discussing the insurance tribulations of organ donors and brought an interesting point that the pre-existing condition clause in healthcare reform could help organ donors. ...More
April 20, 2011
Posted in Blog
HM Insurance Group Partners with National Kidney Foundation

NEW YORK—HM Insurance Group has made a commitment to support two major National Kidney Foundation (NKF) programs—the NKF Cadillac Golf Classic and the Kidney Walk. ...More
February 9, 2011
Posted in News, Business
ACOs Beginning to Take Form

Like many physicians, Long Island, N.Y.-nephrologist Simon Prince sees a volatile situation in which more and more physician practices are becoming hospital owned amid a turbulent healthcare landscape. ...More
February 8, 2011
Posted in Articles, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
AMA: Lack of Competition Among Health Insurers

CHICAGO—The vast majority of commercial health insurance markets in the United States are dominated by one or two health insurers, according to a newly updated analysis released by the American Medical Association. ...More
February 2, 2011
Posted in News, Business
Study: Private Insurers Control Spending Better than Medicare

HOUSTON—Private insurers appear to be more effective in controlling health are spending differences between two Texas cities than Medicare, according to researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health. ...More
December 10, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
CMS Expects 1.2 Percent Increase in Dialysis Patient Co-Pays

WASHINGTON—Dialysis patients using Medicare can expect to see a 1.2 percent increase in their co-insurance payments largely due to the inclusion of laboratory tests into the new end-stage renal disease payment bundle, according to an analysis by the Centers for Medicare ...More
September 14, 2010 By Keith Chartier
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Fistula Placement More Likely with Federal Insurance Programs

WASHINGTON—Kidney disease patients insured by some federally sponsored national healthcare organizations are more likely to receive a fistula for vascular access during dialysis than patients with other types of insurance, according to a study appearing online Aug. 12 in ...More
August 13, 2010
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Diabetes Management Program Lowers Costs, Hospitalizations

SAN DIEGO—Medicare patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease can significantly reduce both the cost of their medical care and rates of hospitalization by participating in a telephone-based diabetes disease management program, according to a study presented June 21 ...More
June 21, 2010
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management