CMS: Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, Payment for Renal Dialysis Services Furnished to Individuals With Acute Kidney Injury, End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program, and End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model
Notice of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) making changes related to End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for calendar year 2024 and proposing updates to the payment rate for renal dialysis services furnished by an ESRD facility to individuals with acute kidney injury (AKI). Includes requests for information regarding potential changes to the low-volume payment adjustment under the ESRD PPS. This rule also proposes updated requirements for the ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP) and the ESRD Treatment Choices Model among other things. Comments are due by Aug...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - June 30, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, Payment for Renal Dialysis Services Furnished to Individuals with Acute Kidney Injury, etc.
Pre-publication notice of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) making changes related to End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for calendar year 2024 and proposing updates to the payment rate for renal dialysis services furnished by an ESRD facility to individuals with acute kidney injury (AKI). Includes requests for information regarding potential changes to the low-volume payment adjustment under the ESRD PPS. This rule also proposes updated requirements for the ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP) and the ESRD Treatment Choices Model among other things. Comment...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - June 27, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Trends in Kidney Transplantation Rate Across Europe Trends in Kidney Transplantation Rate Across Europe
Data from the ERA registry provides insight into the trends in kidney transplantation rates in Europe. What has changed, and how do the rates differ between countries?Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplantation Journal Article Source Type: news
Citing staffing challenges, Fresenius shuts down Niagara Falls dialysis site
Fresenius continues to operate more than a dozen sites across Western New York. Plus, home care workers vote to unionize; a mental health organization rebrands; and a Chautauqua health center will expand again. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - June 21, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: news
Hemodiafiltration Reduced Dialysis Mortality in Kidney Failure
(MedPage Today) -- High-dose hemodiafiltration improved survival compared with standard hemodialysis for patients with kidney failure resulting in the need for kidney-replacement therapy, according to the randomized CONVINCE trial.
High-dose hemodiafiltration... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - June 17, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
New Dialysis Technique Boosts Survival in Kidney Failure New Dialysis Technique Boosts Survival in Kidney Failure
High-dose hemodiafiltration led to substantially better survival of patients with end-stage kidney disease compared with conventional hemodialysis after a median 30 months in a large, prospective study.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - June 16, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
Association Between the Fatty Liver Index and CKD Association Between the Fatty Liver Index and CKD
Data from the KORA study provides insight into the potential association between the fatty liver index and the incidence of CKD.Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Journal Article Source Type: news
AngioDynamics sells dialysis and biopsy lines for $100 million in cash
CEO Jim Clemmer continues to focus the company on high-growth, next-generation products. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - June 9, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robin K. Cooper Source Type: news
AngioDynamics completes $100M sale of dialysis, BioSentry products
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Novel Dialysis Device Safe, Effective for Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 -- The DIALIVE novel liver dialysis device seems safe and has a positive impact for patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), according to a study published online May 31 in the Journal of Hepatology.
Banwari... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Is a Liver Dialysis Device on the Horizon?
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 -- A new liver dialysis device might soon be able to save patients on the edge of death from liver failure, early clinical trial results show.
The DIALIVE device safely improved organ function and alleviated symptoms in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
New British-designed dialysis machine that can reverse liver disease may be rolled out to NHSÂ
Professor Rajiv Jalan of University College London, who invented Dialive (pictured) - a dialysis machine that can cure liver failure - said it was the culmination of '50 years of failure'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kidney ultrasound detects abnormalities in children with UTI
About one in five children with first febrile urinary tract infection (UTI...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
SPECT reduces kidney imaging times in children
Use of both iodine- and gado-based contrast boosts kidney injury risk
Black patients experience higher rates of dialysis graft failures
CEUS better than MRI for diagnosing liver, kidney tumors
3D printing method uses MRI to build pediatric urology models (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 30, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Renal Denervation in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Renal Denervation in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
What does the evidence say about the usefulness of renal denervation in CKD patients with hypertension?Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Journal Article Source Type: news
FDA Provides Akebia Therapeutics a Path Forward for Vadadustat
FDA denies formal dispute resolution, but outlines path to resubmit NDA for dialysis-dependent patients without new clinical studies
Akebia plans to request Type A meeting and then resubmit NDA
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications - May 30, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
