Kidney Care Community News

A federal grand jury on April 15 acquitted DaVita Inc. and its former CEO Kent Thiry of three counts of conspiracy based on coordinating agreements Thiry and the company arranged with three other companies not to solicit certain employees.

Strive Health and Evolent Care Partners have entered into a new partnership to support 211 primary care providers in Michigan and North Carolina who participate in the Evolent Care Partners’ ACO.

Christopher R. Blagg, MD, FRCP, who was integral in standardizing outpatient dialysis care in the 1960s, died on March 31. He was 91 years old.

BOSTON — In this video from the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, Joseph A. Vassalotti, MD talks about the first live conference of the NKF in 2 years, amid thoughts on patients who died during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cari Maxwell, a member of the National Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Advocacy Committee, was honored with the Celeste Castillo Lee Patient Engagement Award at the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings, according to a press release.

J. Kevin Tucker, MD, nephrologist and vice president for education at Mass General Brigham, was honored with the Donald W. Seldin Award from the National Kidney Foundation, according to a press release.

BOSTON — Mark E. Neumann, editor-in-chief of Healio Nephrology and Nephrology News & Issues, received the Nostradamus Award from National Kidney Foundation’s Council of Advanced Practitioners during the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings, here.

BOSTON — Top health equity categories in kidney care include racism and disparities in chronic kidney disease care and kidney transplant care, according to a speaker here who said these can also be addressed with individual strategies.

BOSTON — At its first in-person conference since the pandemic, the presidential address at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings focused on how COVID-19 impacted kidney care and how nephrologists should move forward.

BOSTON — “Geriatric problems” can lead to adverse events among older patients with chronic kidney disease, but these can be identified and solved with assessments specific to this group, according to a speaker here.