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Patient Groups Ask Congress to Fix Transition Adjuster

A number of kidney patient advocate groups sent letters urging members of Congress to fix the 3.1 percent transition adjuster that went into effect this year. ...More
February 7, 2011
Posted in Blog, Business, Government & Regulation
RSN Announces Winners of 8th Annual Essay Contest

GLENDALE, Calif.—The Renal Support Network (RSN) has announced the winners of its 8th annual essay contest, which had the theme of “lessons learned from a book, movie or song that help me deal with CKD.” ...More
September 10, 2010
Posted in News, Business
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
Amgen Approves $150,000 Grant to RSN’s HOPEline

GLENDALE, Calif.—The Amgen Foundation has approved a challenge grant totaling $150,000 to Renal Support Network (RSN) to support RSN's HOPEline, the organization's toll-free hotline. ...More
March 3, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Rose Parade Gives Kidney Transplant Patient Chance to Honor Her Donor, Her Son

PASADENA, Calif.—For more than 20 years Delores Evans battled diabetes, high blood pressure and, finally, kidney failure. By 2008 she needed a new kidney to stay alive, but she never could have imagined the circumstances that brought it about ...More
December 29, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
Renal Support Network Bundling Testimony at CMS Town Hall

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services held a town hall Oct. 23 to discuss the proposed bundled payment rule for the End-Stage Renal Disease Program. The following was the prepared statement from Kathe LeBeau, who is a dialysis patient advocate working with the ...More
November 11, 2009
Posted in Articles, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Renal Support Network Gets Five Nominations for ‘Who Lives?’

GLENDALE, Calif.— Renal Support Network (RSN) has landed five Ovation Award nominations for its production of “Who Lives?,” a play that explores the 1960’s anonymous citizens committee that determined the life-or-death fate of kidney patients applying for dialysis. ...More
October 27, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Gala Raises Over $600,000 for AKF Projects

The kidney care community turned out in force on the evening of Oct. 6 for the American Kidney Fund's national gala, The Hope Affair. The sold-out, first-time event raised more than $600,000 for American Kidney Fund programs and services in support of those with and at risk ...More
October 14, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
RSN Sends 10-Point CKD Reform Plan to Obama, Sebelius

GLENDALE, Calif.—The Patient advocacy group Renal Support Network sent a letter March 5 to President Obama and Kathleen Sebelius, his nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services, outlining a 10-point plan to reform healthcare for chronic kidney disease patients. ...More
March 6, 2009
Posted in News, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Dialysis-or-Death Play ‘Who Lives?’ Features Transplant Recipients

GLENDALE, Calif.—“Who Lives?,” a play that chronicles the life-and-death committee that determined the fate of dialysis patients in the 1960s, features two kidney transplant patients and opens next month in Los Angeles. ...More
February 13, 2009
Posted in News, Practice Management