End-Stage Renal Disease
Part of NephTimes
Researchers examined how cardiovascular health status differs between men and women with kidney failure. Ardelyx is suing the HHS and CMS over their addition of oral phosphate-lowering drugs to a bundled payment system. Why do patients drop out of peritoneal dialysis after switching from hemodialysis and how does it affect mortality? Dietitian Jessica Strawn shared her ideas on how to educate patients about changing from heart catheters to AVF for dialysis. Researchers studied a large pediatric patient cohort on hemodialysis to learn more about cardiovascular risk factors. A large analysis examined variations in incident automated peritoneal dialysis prescriptions. A rule proposed by CMS would update payment rates and policies under the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment Program. Investigators identified distinct patterns in ESKD incidence among patients of different ages, sexes, and race. Humana issued an issue brief focusing on the benefits of value-based care in nephrology. Intramuscular and abdominal fat are better predictors of mortality than muscle mass in hemodialysis patients. The ETC payment model gave lower performance scores to dialysis facilities serving more patients at higher social risk. Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. (ACHC) will offer a new Long-Term Care Dialysis Certification. Could urinary podocyte stress biomarker be a surrogate marker of podocyte injury in diabetic kidney disease (DKD)? There are few data on differences in serum creatinine concentration between Black and non-Black patients. Higher dialysate sodium preserves blood volume and hemodynamic stability but reduces sodium removal. With four acquisitions from Fresneius Medical Care, DaVita will become the largest dialysis provider in Latin America. Outset Medical and US Renal Care have partnered to advance home dialysis with the Outset Tablo Hemodialysis System. A bill to improve access to care and outcomes for some dialysis patients was introduced in the House of Representatives. A study examined the risk factors, prevalence, and impact of pruritus associated with CKD in hemodialysis patients. Older dialysis-dependent patients are at high risk of low bone mass associated with primary osteoporosis, CKD-MBD, or both.