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Kidney Community Submits to CMS Comments on ESRD Proposed Payment System, Quality Incentive Program and ESRD Treatment Choices Model

WASHINGTON – Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s largest non-profit, non-partisan coalition of more than 30 organizations representing patients, professional care providers, and a wide range of kidney care stakeholders – thanks the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for proposing new policies in the CY 2023 Changes to the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective…

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Nation’s Kidney Community Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Insurance Access for Individuals Living with Kidney Failure

WASHINGTON –  Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s largest non-profit, non-partisan coalition of more than 30 organizations representing patients, professional care providers, and a wide range of kidney care stakeholders – applauded the introduction of the bipartisan bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.R. 8594, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security…

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MedCity News

Is the HIF-PHI class of next-generation kidney drugs doomed in the U.S.?

Kidney disease patients need access to innovative therapies to expand treatment choices and improve quality of life. The FDA should closely examine whether it is applying the appropriate benefit/risk assessment for new drugs intended for this population. Click here to see the full article on the MedCity News website.

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Fierce Healthcare

America’s kidney patients are desperate for new treatments

America has a kidney problem. The federal government has the power to help solve it. Today, 37 million Americans have chronic kidney disease (CKD)—that’s one out of every seven U.S. adults. The majority have CKD as a result of diabetes or hypertension, but CKD isn’t a mere side effect of those conditions; it is its…

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Issues & Insights

The FDA Is Blocking Game-Changing New Drugs For Kidney Disease

Imagine you’ve been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, told by your physician that if it can’t be managed, you may eventually need a transplant or long-term dialysis. This scary situation is one faced by hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. Click here to see the full article on the Issues & Insights website.

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Healio Nephrology News & Issues

Kidney groups call out US Supreme Court decision on DaVita, hospital employee health plan

Several kidney organizations have spoken out against the recent overruling of Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Benefit Health Plan v. DaVita by the U.S. Supreme Court. In the lawsuit, DaVita claimed the hospital health plan discriminated against employees requiring dialysis. As Healio previously reported, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that Marietta Memorial Hospital offered the same outpatient…

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Nation’s Kidney Community Reacts to CMS Proposed Rules on Prospective Payment System and ESRD Quality Incentive Program

WASHINGTON – Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s largest non-profit, non-partisan kidney care coalition comprised of more than 30 organizations dedicated to protecting patients and ensuring equitable access to quality care – today issued the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule on End-Stage Renal Disease…

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Nation’s Kidney Community Deeply Disappointed with Supreme Court Ruling in Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Benefit Health Plan v. DaVita

WASHINGTON –  Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s largest non-profit, non-partisan coalition of more than 30 organizations, comprising patients, dialysis professionals, physicians, nurses, researchers, therapeutic innovators, transplant coordinators, and manufacturers – today expressed deep disappointment in the Supreme Court ruling on Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Benefit Health Plan v. DaVita, citing concern about discrimination…

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The Ripon Advance

Wenstrup sponsors bipartisan, bicameral Kidney Health Connect Act

U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) on May 24 sponsored a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would permit dialysis clinics to serve as originating sites for telehealth services and to ensure patients do not pay any additional fees associated with using the clinics. Click here to see the full article on The Ripon Advance website.

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Rep. Wenstrup

Rep. Wenstrup Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Allow Patients to Access Telehealth Services from Dialysis Clinics

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (R-Ohio) introduced the bipartisan Kidney Health Connect Act, which he led with Reps. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.), John Joyce, M.D. (R-Pa.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and John Barrasso, M.D. (R-Wyo.) This legislation allows dialysis clinics to serve as originating sites for telehealth services and ensures patients are not…

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