Renal Business Today

Practice Management

Running a dialysis clinic is a complex task for nephrologists, administrators, nurses and other renal professionals, whether they are at a corporate, independent or a joint venture clinic. Coordinating dialysis care among an increasing number of kidney disease patients, ensuring proper protocols such as infection control are in place, proper billing and coding, and keeping dialysis staff happy are a few of the challenges in dialysis practice management.

Fresenius Wins Patient Case Management Awards

WALTHAM, Mass.—Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) has been recognized for outstanding health care case management with two “Case In Point” Platinum Awards from Dorland Health, the publisher of Case In Point magazine. ...More
Yesterday
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ISNTT, Dialysis Education Services Partner to Create Biomedical Technicians Study Guide

BELLFLOWER, Calif.—The International Society for Nephrology Technicians and Technologists (ISNTT) and Dialysis Education Services, LLC (DES) have formed a partnership to produce a new writing, Study Guide for Biomedical Technology. ...More
Yesterday
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Fresenius Ready to Provide Care for Patients During Storm Season

WALTHAM, Mass. — With construction crews still repairing damage from last year’s catastrophic Hurricane Sandy and residents of Moore, Okla. just starting to deal with the tragic aftermath of Monday's devastating tornado, the importance of being prepared for natural ...More
Yesterday
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Have a Berry Good Plan to Get What You Want

Our local farmer’s market has a stand with the most inviting raspberries I think I’ve ever seen. Raspberries can be rather time-sensitive, that is, if you don’t eat, freeze or preserve them real soon, they will rot. This week I decided to buy a pint of them. The day was a ...More
1 week ago
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DCI Purpose Projects Create Awareness for Kidney Disease

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The nation’s largest nonprofit dialysis provider, Dialysis Clinic (DCI), is hosting community service projects around the nation in order to build awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD). ...More
4 weeks ago
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Tuck Vegetables Into Surprising Places

When you visualize a garden, you might think of carrots planted in straight rows, lettuce all lined up and rectangular planting beds keeping your veggies in order. Shall we say that my garden is not exactly like that? ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
Travel on Dialysis: Rethinking the "New Normal"

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page,” said Augustine of Hippo. For many, travel provides an expanded world view and a great deal of joy. For many hemodialysis patients, travel seems unthinkable. They feel tethered to their machines or their ...More
4 weeks ago
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Healthy Cookies

“Healthy cookies.” It sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? But, there was no denying it. The recipe listed egg whites instead of whole eggs, wheat flour along with unbleached white flour, quick oats, dried apricots, and nuts were optional. ...More
4 weeks ago
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Nick Cannon Named Honorary National Chair of NKF Kidney Walk Program

NEW YORK—Award winning actor, comedian and host of NBC-TV’s top rated “America’s Got Talent,” was named honorary national chair of the National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) Kidney Walk program, kicking off this March. More than 100 events are held around the country, drawing ...More
5 weeks ago
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AKF Announces Calendar Cover Art Winner

ROCKVILLE, Md.—The American Kidney Fund (AKF) announced Jonathan Rivera Gómez from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico as the young artist who won the organization’s Calendar Kids art contest for pediatric kidney patients. More than 6,700 people nationwide cast online votes to choose a ...More
April 22, 2013
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