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Drug-Maker Roche Buys Medingo Unit

Swiss drug-maker Roche Holding AG announced today that it bought Elron Electronics' Medingo unit in a deal worth up to $200 million, according to Reuters. ...More
April 13, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
State Funding Reductions Hurt Missouri Kidney Program

The Missouri Kidney Program is a $3.8 million state-funded education and support program that is in trouble due to state budget cuts, trouble that could lead to increased medical costs down the line, according to an article in the Kansas City Star newspaper. ...More
April 12, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Practice Management
Reimbursement Changes Could Strengthen Fresenius

Next year’s proposed Medicare bundled-rate reimbursement changes could help Germany's Fresenius Medical Care to strengthen its already powerful role in the U.S. dialysis industry, according to Reuters News. Fresenius is the world’s largest dialysis provider. ...More
April 12, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
FDA to Review Abbott's Kidney Test

The FDA has accepted for review Abbott Laboratories’ diagnostic test that detects an early biomarker which identifies patients at risk for acute kidney injury. ...More
April 6, 2010
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Okla. Officials Urge Home Dialysis Water Registration

EDMOND, Okla.—Home dialysis machines in Edmond, Okla., need to be registered with the city’s water resources department in case the city has to purchase water from Oklahoma City, officials told NewsOK. ...More
March 31, 2010
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
U.S. Vascular-Access Device Market to Reach $4.6 Billion by 2016

According to a new global report series by iData Research (www.idataresearch.net), the leading authority in medical device, dental and pharmaceutical market research, the U.S. market for vascular access devices and accessories was valued at just over $3 billion in 2009 and ...More
March 25, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Office Manager Convicted of Stealing from Medicare and Medicaid

A North Carolina woman is getting sent to federal prison for stealing more than $650,000 in Medicare and Medicaid funds, according to WECT News, an NBC affiliate. The woman, Faith Sumner, was an office manager for Preferred Medical Transport, in Aulander. ...More
March 24, 2010
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Clinician, Patient Preferences Clash Over Transplant Information Sharing

WASHINGTON—Most kidney donors and recipients are in favor of exchanging personal health information that may influence success before scheduling a living organ donor transplant, while healthcare professionals are more reluctant, according to a study appearing in an upcoming ...More
March 22, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
Home Hemodialysis: Getting Started

The decision to expand into home hemodialysis at the Dialysis Center of Lincoln began about two years before we actually initiated the program in August 2003. Our in-center hemodialysis program had been rapidly expanding. We were outgrowing the two units previously built in ...More
March 16, 2010
Posted in Articles, Business, Practice Management
Kidney Disease a Big Risk for Young, Low-Income Minorities

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) afflicts a large number of younger minority adults receiving medical care in settings that serve the uninsured and underinsured (settings collectively known as the healthcare safety net). Poor, minority adults with moderate to severe CKD are ...More
March 11, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management