Kidney Care Partners Commends Senate Finance Committee for the Reintroduction of the Chronic Care Bill
Kidney Community States Bipartisan Bill Would “Measurably Improve Access To Quality Care, Expand Treatment Choice” WASHINGTON, DC — Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s leading coalition of patient advocates, kidney disease professionals, dialysis care providers, researchers and manufacturers — commends Chairman Hatch, Ranking Member Wyden, Senators Isakson and Warner and fellow members of the Senate Finance…
New Government Report Highlights Disproportionately Low Research Investment in Kidney Disease, Which Now Impacts “17% of U.S. Adults”
Government Accounting Office (GAO) Report Demonstrates Funding Gaps Between Disease Prevalence vs. Investment in Research, Innovations, Cures WASHINGTON, D.C. – The newly released GAO report, National Institutes of Health: Kidney Disease Research Funding and Priority Setting, outlines the level status of the nation’s kidney disease research funding landscape and priority setting. The report underscores the…
Key Provision in 21st Century Cures Act Allows Access, Choice of Medicare Advantage Plans for Individuals with Kidney Failure
Kidney Care Community Lauds Provision As Significant Win for Nation’s Medicare Beneficiaries with Kidney Failure Washington, DC – President Obama signed the landmark 21st Century Cures Act today, following a bipartisan wave of support in the House and Senate, which contains a provision allowing Medicare beneficiaries with kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease (ESRD), access…
Statement by Kidney Care Partners on Conditions for Coverage for End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities,Third Party Payment (42 CFR Part 494)
Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s leading coalition of patient advocates, kidney disease professionals, dialysis care providers, and manufacturers – is extremely disappointed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) failure to address a growing practice of discriminatory behavior among insurers in designing plans that prohibit a vulnerable class of individuals who…
Kidney Care Partners Statement Regarding the Senate Finance Committee Chronic Care Working Group’s Draft Chronic Care Legislation
Kidney Care Partners (KCP) – the nation’s leading coalition of patient advocates, kidney disease professionals, dialysis care providers, and manufacturers — commends Chairman Hatch, Ranking Member Wyden, Senators Isakson and Warner and the Senate Finance Committee Chronic Care Working Group for working closely with the kidney care community to put forth thoughtful, patient-centric recommendations that address the…
Kidney Care Community Celebrates Passage of the House of Representatives’ ESRD Choice Act with Unanimous Vote
Bill will enable more choice for patients suffering from kidney disease, kidney failure by allowing much-needed access to Medicare Advantage plans Washington, DC – Kidney Care Partners – the nation’s leading coalition of patient advocates, kidney disease professionals, dialysis care providers, and manufacturers – today applauded the U.S. House for passing legislation that would offer…
KCP Applauds Legislation to Expand Medicare Coverage Options for Dialysis Patients
Legislative Efforts Will Benefit Vulnerable Populations with Kidney Failure WASHINGTON – Kidney Care Partners, the nation’s leading coalition of patient advocates, dialysis professionals, care providers and manufacturers working together to improve quality of care for individuals with kidney disease, today applauded the introduction of legislation that would expand Medicare coverage options for dialysis patients. Under…
Dr. Franklin Maddux, Chief Medical Officer of Fresenius Medical Care North America, Takes Helm As New Chair of Kidney Care Partners
Underscores Goals of Improving Quality, Value, Choice, and Patient Access to Coordinated Care Washington, DC (Monday, January 3, 2016)—Kidney Care Partners (KCP) formally announced today Dr. Franklin Maddux’s two-year tenure as the newly elected Chair of KCP – the nation’s leading kidney care coalition composed of patients, caregivers, providers, researchers and manufacturers – effective January…
Kidney Care Partners Encouraged by House and Senate Interest in Care Coordination for Patients with Kidney Failure
Washington, DC — As Congress continues to work with the kidney community to refine coordinated care models for patients with kidney failure — or end-stage renal disease (ESRD) — Kidney Care Partners (KCP) underscored its belief that improved care coordination will lead to improved patient outcomes. “We believe it is important for policymakers to examine novel…
Kidney Care Partners Lauds Endorsement by National Quality Forum of New Performance Measures That Will Drive Dialysis Care, Better Patient Outcomes
The National Quality Forum (NQF), a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization whose seal of approval is the gold standard for performance measures in the United States, has endorsed the first-ever, facility-level fluid management performance measure to improve patient safety, kidney care quality and patient outcomes for dialysis patients. The measure, which focuses on safe and adequate fluid…