Comments on Kidney Health Initiative ETC Model Are Due TUESDAY. Are YOU Ready?

The ETC model will drive how increases in PD and home HD are implemented. Submit your comments online here by 11:59 p.m. ET on September 16. The file code is CMS–5527–P.

KidneyViews Blog Topics:

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• Medical Education Institute’s Preliminary Comments on the ESRD Treatment Choices Model (CMS-5527-P)
  09/06 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
• High Fistula Blood Flow Rates and Microbubble Formation
  08/29 – Dr. John Agar
• How to Train Home HD Patients for Long-term Success
  08/20 – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
• We Need a Revolution in Dialysis Treatment
  08/15 – Henning Sondergaard

Pipeline Technology

• When Pigs Fly—or are Transplanted
• VA and Google Deepmind Collaborate on AI to Detect AKI
• Animal Testing Set to Begin for UCLA-U of A Implantable Artificial Kidney

Home Dialysis in the News

• Catch a Glimpse of the New CVS HemoCare HD Machine
• Quanta Chooses a Manufacturing Partner for Launch
• India’s Largest Dialysis Provider Adds PD Focus
• Fresenius Reports Record Home Dialysis Growth

Living Well with Home Treatments

• PD Keeps Sioux Falls Attorney at Law
• Satellite Creates a Home Dialysis Video Story

Industry Updates

• CVS Testing Drugstore Nephrology Nurses
• Fresenius Invests in BioIntellisense AI Platform
• “Amazing” Somatus Pilot to Treat ESRD Patients at Home
• Dialyze Direct Staff-Assisted Home Dialysis Company Starts Innovation Lab

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• RCT: Which Works Best, Straight or Coiled PD Catheters?
• Glycated Albumin vs. HbA1c Predicts Mortality in PD Patients with Diabetes
• BMI Alters Sodium Balance in PD
• A Patient on Home HD for 45 Years

Featured Link: Dialyze to Live: Real Stories About Living on Home Dialysis . Download this free, full-color PDF with interviews from PD and home HD dialyzors to share with your patients.