Renal Business Today

Public Policy

AKJD Study Outlines Barriers to Home Dialysis

NEW YORK— Approximately 75 percent of patients beginning in-center hemodialysis (HD) are unaware of the option to dialyze at home; however, once informed, 40 percent of patients are interested in this treatment option, and less than 10 percent actually initiate home ...More
November 28, 2011
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
New Policy Reduces Racial Disparity in Transplantation

NEW YORK—A change in the kidney allocation policy dramatically reduced the racial disparity between the rates at which African Americans and whites receive deceased donor kidney transplants (DDKT), according to a study published in the November issue of the American Journal ...More
October 26, 2011
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
AAKP Policy Forum to be Streamed Live Friday

TAMPA, Fla.—No matter what part of an operation you may be a part of, it’s always good to stay up-to-date on the latest public policy trends. And to help, the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) will be live streaming a public policy session on its website ...More
August 22, 2011
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
The 10 Most Obese U.S. States

Adult obesity rates increased in 16 states in the past year and did not decline in any state, according to “F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2011,” a report from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). ...More
July 8, 2011
Posted in Galleries, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Docs Want Policy Added to Medical Education

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Changing medical student and resident education to include instruction in how healthcare systems function is critical, especially with the implementation of national health are reforms, University of Michigan physicians said in an article published Feb. 24 ...More
February 24, 2011
Posted in News, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
DaVita Names New Vice President of Public Policy

WASHINGTON—DaVita Inc. has named Joelle Oishi Thornhill as its vice president of public policy. ...More
October 20, 2010
Posted in News, Business
AHRQ Awards $473 Million in Patient Centered Outcomes Research Funding

WASHINGTON—The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality announced the award of $473 million in grants and contracts to support projects that will help people make healthcare decisions based on the best evidence of effectiveness. ...More
October 11, 2010
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Report: Not Enough Doctors are Minorities

WASHINGTON—Although the number of minorities in the medical profession has risen in recent years, decades of discrimination still leaves them drastically underrepresented in the field, according to a new report appearing in the February issue of the journal Academic ...More
February 5, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Fraud Prevalent in Private Health Insurance

WASHINGTON—Fraud is just as prevalent in the private health insurance industry as it is with public insurance, according to a report by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy. ...More
June 25, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
DaVita Appoints Executive to Head Public Policy

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—DaVita said April 21 that is has appointed John Schaeffler to be the dialysis provider’s senior vice president of federal legislative affairs. ...More
April 21, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation