Kidney Care Community News

Patients on hemodialysis are likely to utilize ED care if they have limited access to care and high comorbid condition burdens, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

The American Kidney Fund announced a new campaign called Looped in on Lupus Nephritis that is designed to improve diagnosis, awareness and equitable treatment of the disease among patients.

Duke University nephrologist Matthew Sparks, MD, spends most of his day training fellows about evaluating and diagnosing kidney disease.

As part of the Kidney Care Choices models launched by CMS, Fresenius Medical Care North America announced in a press release that it has partnered with more than 1,000 nephrology providers.

Northwest Kidney Centers has named Tonia Campbell, CPA, as its new vice president of finance and chief financial officer and has named Marsha Heaton, MBA, as its new vice president of development.

Dialyze Direct announced it has signed a letter of intent to obtain Compass Home Dialysis on or before Feb. 28, 2022.

Bernard Jaar, MD, from Johns Hopkins University and the Nephrology Center of Maryland, will be honored with the Garabed Eknoyan Award from the National Kidney Foundation, according to a press release.

Compared with other dialysis modalities in the United Kingdom, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis appeared to be less costly between 2018 and 2019, according to data published in Peritoneal Dialysis International.

Dialyze Direct announced its acquisition of Renew Dialysis, a provider of on-site dialysis in skilled nursing facilities in the U.S., from Saber Healthcare Group.

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes has launched two implementation tools based on a 2020 clinical practice guideline for the management of diabetes in chronic kidney disease, according to a press release from the foundation.