Nephrology News & Issues Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Nephrology News & Issues.
Table of Contents
- Dyadic leadership model is well suited for dialysis center management David A. Roer, MD, FACP, FASH, FASN; Bryan Becker, MD, MMM, FACP, CPE; Shawana Rivero IV, RN
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- CMS approves National Dialysis Accreditation Commission for ESRD clinic surveys
- DaVita acquires Coastal Physicians Medical Group
- Outset appoints new chief medical officer, operations manager
- Satellite Healthcare agrees to pay $3.2 million to settle anti-kickback charges
- Study to begin on new diagnostic tool for tracking CKD progression
- Fresenius data show 38% of AKI patients recover kidney function
- High-protein diets do not affect GFR in healthy individuals
- Patients with some cancers have better survival rates than patients on dialysis
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- PD, nocturnal home hemodialysis show lowest costs in study
- Renal transplantation improves survival in lupus nephritis
- NKF Spring Clinical Meetings offers a well-balanced, multidisciplinary program Mark E. Neumann
- Renal Physicians Association Annual Meeting offers fresh perspective on nephrology practice sustainability Dale Singer, MHA
- Bill Peckham was a beacon for me and many others Joyce Jackson
- Integrated care needs to include a CKD component
- Colorado to pay for outpatient dialysis care for undocumented immigrants
- Organ transplants in US set sixth consecutive record in 2018
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- Rate increase, higher drug payments should improve Medicare margins for dialysis providers by 2020
- Management of volume status during and between hemodialysis sessions Eric D. Weinhandl, PhD, MS