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ASN visits D.C. to promote World Kidney Day, CKD awareness

WASHINGTON—The American Society of Nephrology, along with the National Kidney Foundation and the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, is using the third annual World Kidney Day on March 13 as a platform to educate Congress about kidney disease. ...More
March 12, 2008
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
Catching Information on the Web

Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two part series. Part 2 will be published in March and will cover state, patient and data resources on the Web. Internet can be a double-edged sword. Unlike any other time in human history, we literally have a world of information at our ...More
January 29, 2008
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Poor African Americans less likely to be placed on transplant list

ATLANTA—African-American end-stage renal disease patients who live in poorer neighborhoods are less likely to be placed on kidney transplant waiting lists than white ESRD patients within the same neighborhood poverty level, according to a study presented at the 2007 ...More
January 7, 2008
Posted in Articles, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
ESRD population to increase 60 percent by 2020, study says

SAN FRANCISCO—The projected number of end-stage renal disease patients is projected to rise to approximately 785,000 by 2020—an increase of 60 percent compared to the number of ESRD patients in 2005, according to research presented at the American Society of Nephrology ...More
November 12, 2007
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
Poor African Americans less likely to be placed on transplant list

ATLANTA—African-American end-stage renal disease patients who live in poorer neighborhoods are less likely to be placed on kidney transplant waiting lists than white ESRD patients within the same neighborhood poverty level, according to a study presented at the 2007 ...More
November 9, 2007
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
2007 U.S. first-year medical class largest ever

WASHINGTON—The 2007 entering class to U.S. medical schools is the largest in the nation’s history, according to new data released today by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). ...More
October 17, 2007
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
WellBound opens first free-standing home dialysis program in Illinois

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Self-care dialysis company WellBound said October 16 that it has opened a new clinic in Evanston, Ill.—the company’s twelfth clinical overall and also the first free-standing home dialysis program in Illinois. ...More
October 16, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
WellBound, Kaiser Permanente open Sacramento clinic

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—WellBound said October 9 that it has opened its 11th center to support nephrologists based at Kaiser Permanente’s Sacramento (Calif.) MedicalCenter, as well as other area nephrologists. ...More
October 12, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Spotlight: Dialysis Center of Lincoln Inc.

In dialysis, it’s essential for a nephrologist to be able to meet with a patient on a regular basis to ensure that treatment is going as planned. And if it isn’t, the doctor can do something about it. But many city folk take the relative ease of this interaction for granted ...More
October 1, 2007
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Inside the proposal

In the proposed rule, CMS is looking to tie in quality measures to payment provided the measures are either endorsed by the National Quality Forum or adopted by the AQA Alliance. “We think the early work on the PQRI (Physician Quality Reporting Initiative) program is one of ...More
August 31, 2007
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management