End-Stage Kidney Disease

CMS has released a proposed rule that would add $6.19 starting in January to the current bundled payment rate for dialysis treatments.

Mariana spent most of her time as a grocery store cashier with shifts bracketed by homework for nursing school and night classes.

An assessment of the 25-year risk of end-stage kidney disease among living kidney donors revealed different risks for different groups of donors, according to data presented at the American Transplant Congress.

Interdisciplinary care was associated with higher odds of being listed for kidney transplant among patients with incident end-stage kidney disease in underrepresented groups, according to this study.

CMS has released a proposed rule setting eligibility requirements for a new law offering immunosuppressive drug coverage for more patients with a kidney transplant.

Older adults with end-stage-kidney disease receiving dialysis five times a week in skilled nursing facilities report a rapid recovery time of 2 or less hours, according to data published in Hemodialysis International.

Strive Health is expanding its relationship with Nephrology Associates of Northern Illinois and Indiana to help manage up to 20,000 patients with kidney disease, according to a company press release.

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.

The first proposed definition for disease modification in systemic lupus erythematosus, including lupus nephritis, requires “minimizing” disease activity with few treatment-associated toxicities, while slowing organ damage progression.

A newly released Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report shows a 41.8% increase in incident end-stage kidney disease cases and an 118.7% increase in prevalent cases across the United States between 2000 and 2019.