Practice Management News

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive from ASN Kidney Week, Healio | Nephrology News & Issues Editorial Board Member Sheila Deziel, MSN, RN, CNN, FNKF, discusses issues facing dialysis nurses.

The relationship between health care providers and referral sources can present complex legal challenges.

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive from ASN Kidney Week, Darcy K. Weidemann, MD, MHS, FAAP, a pediatric nephrologist at Children’s Mercy in Kansas City, Missouri, discusses her top concerns in the specialty: access and workforce.

SAN DIEGO — Genetic evaluation of patients referred to a U.S. glomerular disease center revealed a genetic diagnosis in 35% of cases, informing prognosis and treatment and allowing for family testing, among other benefits.

Prescriptions for GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors for patients with type 1 diabetes rose between 2010 and 2023 despite not being approved for that population, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

Nonqualified plans offer a valuable alternative or supplement to qualified retirement plans for physicians seeking to enhance their retirement savings.

It seems that cyber threats are all around us. The recent breach experienced by Change Healthcare certainly highlighted our vulnerability in nephrology practice.

In our prior blog post, we discussed the frequent need to separate, from a legal and financial perspective, the real property from the practice in order to consummate a practice transaction with a private equity buyer.

“The historic underfunding of the ESRD payment system has created disincentives for the development of new drugs, biologicals, devices and innovative treatment options ... ”

When investing, time in the market is arguably as important as well-publicized factors, such as rate of return, initial amount of investment (principal) and costs of investing.