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RPA released updated guidelines for treating anemia in CKD and ESRD patients
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"I believe it is possible even under current reimbursement to provide home dialysis far more widely. The problem is that many of the nephrologists that I have talked to are quite unlearned in many aspects of home dialysis."


—Peter Laird, MD, blogging on Dialysis from the sharp end of the needle

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Renal Community

(3/16) 
Tom Parker, MD, receives AAKP's 2010 Medal of Excellence
(3/16) 
AAKP executive director steps down
(3/11) 
How the renal community is promoting World Kidney Day
(3/3) 
Christopher Blagg, MD, FRCP, to receive lifetime achievement award
(3/3) 
Amgen Foundation approves $150,000 grant for Renal Support Network’s HOPEline
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March 2010
3/2/2010  - 3/4/2010
National Association of Nephrology Technicians/Technologists, 27th Annual National Symposium
3/7/2010  - 3/9/2010
30th Annual Dialysis Conference
3/11/2010
World Kidney Day
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Renal community testimony at CMS Town Hall Meeting on ESRD bundling proposal
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Report identifies recent transplant trends
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Renal Physicians Association offers analysis of 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
(11/16) 
 Assessment of the ESRD Network Program, Parts 1 and 2
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