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RPA Elects Velez as New President

ROCKVILLE, Md.—The Renal Physicians Association has elected Ruben Velez, MD, FACP, as its new president. ...More
April 8, 2011
Posted in News, Business
RPA Releases Guidelines for Shared Decision Making about Treatment Options

ROCKVILLE, Md.—The Renal Physicians Association (RPA) has released a new edition of its guidelines to help doctors and kidney disease patients share decision making about treatment options. ...More
April 5, 2011
Posted in News, Practice Management
What Would a Government Shutdown Mean for Dialysis?

DaVita chief medical officer Allen Nissenson kept it simple when describing the perpetual Medicare conundrum at this year's Renal Physicians Association (RPA) meeting: "Medicare takes in a certain number of dollars every year, and it pays out a certain number of dollars ...More
March 22, 2011
Posted in Blog, Government & Regulation
AAKP Calling for Medal of Excellence Nominations

TAMPA, Fla.—The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) is calling on the renal community to nominate a renal physician for its 2011 Medal of Excellence Award. ...More
October 13, 2010
Posted in News, Business
Critical Care Nurses Endorse RPA Practice Guidelines

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.—The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) said it has endorsed the clinical practice guideline, “Shared Decision Making in the Appropriate Initiation of and Withdrawal from Dialysis,” developed by Renal Physicians Association (RPA). ...More
August 11, 2010
Posted in News, Practice Management
Renal Organizations Create Anemia Resource for Patients

WASHINGTON—A number of influential renal organizations have banded together to create an anemia education resource that will be made available at no charge to kidney patients and their physicians. ...More
July 27, 2010
Posted in News, Practice Management
UVA Amherst Dialysis Receives Patient Safety Award

AMHERST, Va.—Laura Simms has spent 12 hours a week receiving hemodialysis treatment since last fall, when her kidneys failed as a result of high blood pressure. The 50-year-old Monroe resident says the staff at University of Virginia Health System's Amherst Dialysis clinic ...More
April 2, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Practice Management
Tom Parker Receives 2010 AAKP Medal of Excellence Award

BALTIMORE—The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) awarded Tom F. Parker, III, MD, the 2010 Medal of Excellence Award Saturday, March 13, 2010 in Baltimore, Md., during the Renal Physician Association’s Annual Meeting. ...More
March 16, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Surviving Future Vascular Access Reimbursement Reductions

Beginning in 2007, vascular access reimbursement rates have experienced significant reduction with more proposed in 2010. ...More
June 2, 2009
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
‘Cherry Picking’ Patients Common in Dialysis Clinics

STANFORD, Calif.—“Cherry picking” is a common strategy used to attract healthier, better insured and more adherent dialysis patients to clinics, according to a study published online April 1 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. ...More
April 3, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

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