Top Story
Improvements in CKD care blocked by funding, good practice models
FEATURES
Week in Review
(7/23) 
Q2 reports are in
Top stories for July 19 to 23
Week in Review
(7/16) 
U.S. & World Report ranks best hospitals for kidney disorders
Top stories for July 12 to 16
Week in Review
(7/9) 
FDA warns of risks with unapproved use of malaria drug Qualaquin
Top stories for July 5 to 9
Week in Review
(7/2) 
Avandia controversy resurfaces
Top stories for June 28 to July 2
Week in Review
(6/25) 
Congress votes to spare doctors from Medicare cut
Top stories for June 21 to 25
E-POLL
What effect do you think the new bundled payment for dialysis services will have on your clinic's profit margin?
reduce the profit margin in 2011
increase the profit margin in 2011
keep the same profit margin in 2011
 
  » View Results
  » View Past Polls
LATEST NEWS
(7/29) 
Millions of Americans in early stages of CKD need stroke monitoring
(7/29) 
AMAG reports wider loss than expected, shares fall
(7/29) 
Popular diabetes drugs can cause fractures in type 2 diabetics
(7/28) 
Amgen rises, AMAG tumbles on CMS dialysis bundling rule
(7/28) 
Amgen, Genzyme gain time in new dialysis billing plan
(7/28) 
Genzyme 'encouraged' by CMS decision to delay oral drug inclusion in dialysis bundle
(7/28) 
Stopping anemia drug may be more effective than reducing dose to normalize hgb levels
BLOGS
First Word
By Mark E. Neumann
CMS gives a little, takes a little in final bundled payment plan
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The new payment system and quality incentive program for dialysis services have significant potential to improve patient outcomes and promote efficient delivery of health care services. In addition, for the first time in any of our payment systems, the quality of care facilities furnish to patients will be reflected in their payment rates."

—CMS administrator Donald Berwick, MD, on the new ESRD payment bundle


RESOURCES

Renal Community

(7/29) 
Kidney organizations partner to offer anemia education resource for patients
(7/12) 
Michigan dialysis patient to take 225-mile canoe trip
(7/12) 
Bill Peckham to dialyze on whitewater rafting trip
(7/8) 
Nephrology Nurses week is coming in September
(7/6) 
Dialysis Opinions survey results released
More Renal News >

Calendar

July 2010
There are no events listed for this month!
View Entire Calendar >

Surveys/Rankings

(12/1) 
Renal community testimony at CMS Town Hall Meeting on ESRD bundling proposal
(11/19) 
Report identifies recent transplant trends
(11/19) 
Renal Physicians Association offers analysis of 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
(11/16) 
 Assessment of the ESRD Network Program, Parts 1 and 2
More Surveys/Rankings News >

Links

Check out our helpful links:
CURRENT ISSUE