Supporting Patient-Centered Care and Promoting Innovations Across the Kidney Care Continuum
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Kidney Care Partners is a non-profit coalition of more than 30 organizations, comprising patients, dialysis professionals, physicians, nurses, researchers, therapeutic innovators, transplant coordinators, and manufacturers.
Kidney Community Urges Congress to Pass Bipartisan Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act to Protect Insurance Access for Individuals Living with Kidney Failure
KCP sent a letter urging Congress to pass the bipartisan, bicameral Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 8594/S. 4750) to ensure our nation’s most vulnerable patient populations and their families retain access to important health care benefits provided by private plans as Congress intended, and individuals with kidney failure are not prematurely shifted off their private plans and into Medicare.
More than 97K Americans are currently waiting for a kidney transplant.
More than 500K Americans are currently on dialysis.
More than 700K Americans are living with kidney failure (ESRD).
More than 130K Americans are diagnosed with kidney failure each year.
Approximately 37M Americans are living with chronic kidney disease.
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Growing Nephrology Nursing Workforce Crisis Demands Policy Attention
A perfect storm of external and internal factors has combined to worsen an already dire nursing shortage nationwide, particularly in the field of nephrology: a rapidly aging population and workforce, increased levels of burnout among nurses, and the overall impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The situation has become a crisis for our nation’s healthcare community….
This World Kidney Day, Kidney Care Partners Remains Committed to Ensuring Access to Quality Kidney Care and Prevention Resources
WASHINGTON – Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s leading kidney care multi-stakeholder coalition representing patient advocates, physician organizations, health professional groups, dialysis providers, researchers and manufacturers – marked World Kidney Day to emphasize its key policy objectives to improve workforce development, drive kidney care innovation, support disease prevention, and restore statutory protections for patients living with…
The medical ‘heroes’ who help save the lives of kidney-dialysis patients when massive storms hit the US
On Christmas Day 2022, while most residents in upstate New York were getting ready to enjoy the festivities, Michael Sloma was on a mercy mission to save a life. The region was still reeling from a once-in-a-century blizzard that had left dozens of people dead, and Sloma was determined that a woman who needed dialysis wasn’t going…
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Dozens of Healthcare Organizations Unite in Support of Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Prevent Discrimination & Ensure Insurance Access
In the decades since the Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Benefit was established, the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have experienced kidney failure had the comfort of knowing that the choice of staying on their private healthcare plans for up to 30 months before Medicare took over their care…
Legal Protections for Living Organ Donors Are Increasing. But More Needs to Be Done.
There is newfound momentum for laws that protect living organ donors, with eight states enacting new legislation in the past several months. Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and Virginia are making strides in increasing living donor protections. The American Kidney Fund (AKF) has been leading efforts at the…
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Do you have questions about living a healthy life after a kidney transplant? @KidneyFund has compiled resources to help:
Living healthy after a transplant
Learn how to live healthy and resume normal activities after a transplant including which foods to eat, exercising, and preventing infection.
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A rapidly aging population coupled with the overall economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has created a perfect storm – contributing to an already dire care provider shortage nationwide, particularly in the field of kidney care. #KidneyMonth
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A new report in @AJMC_Journal finds that costs associated with undiagnosed CKD extend to patients not yet requiring dialysis. This highlights the potential savings from early disease prevention, detection, and management.
Health Care Costs Associated With Unrecognized Progression to Late-Stage Kidney Disease
Unrecognized disease progression is associated with higher health care costs both for patients with end-stage kidney d...
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As many as 40% of patients with severely limited kidney function aren’t aware they have chronic kidney disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/kidneydisease/pdf/Chronic-Kidney-Disease-in-the-US-2021-h.pdf
We must address systemic health care inequities to ensure every patient has access to preventative, early, and quality kidney care.
Addressing Health Care Inequities - Kidney Care Partners
Addressing Health Care Inequities The systemic barriers to accessing basic health care likely play a substantial role ...
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We believe that individuals living with kidney disease, kidney failure, and kidney transplants should have access to a variety of appropriate, innovative treatments and coverage options, regardless of their age or location. #KidneyMonth
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