CMS Responds to Dialysis Crisis During COVID-19

Newly announced Medicare waivers have the potential to shift care delivery beyond the scope of what patients can currently receive in their homes—including dialysis, infusions, and IV medication delivery. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766945

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• Getting the Most Out of Telehealth for Home Dialysis Patient
  06/04 – Dawn P Edwards
• Two for the Road: Seeing the World, Living with a Chronic Illness
  05/28 – Henning Sondergaard
• Dialysis Social Work During a Pandemic: Caring for Patients Safely
  05/21 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
• A Video Guide to Hemodiafiltration at Home with the Fresenius 5008 Machine
  05/13 – Helen Jennings

Pipeline Technology

• One Step Closer to an Implantable Kidney

Home Dialysis in the News

• Home HD Nurse Sees Home Patients Through Facetime and Zoom
• Louisiana Nephrologist Has 40% Patients on Home Dialysis

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Take a U of Michigan Survey About YOUR Life Goals On Dialysis
• Texas Man Who Crashed Into Dialysis Chose Home HD
• COVID-19 Fears Improved Rima’s Life—With a Switch to PD

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• Former Home Dialysis Patient Advocates for BETTER Kidney Care Act

Industry Updates

• Quanta Steps Up to Support COVID-19 Patients in the UK
• United States HHS Deploys 50 Outset Tablo Machines to NY Hospitals

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

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

• Soy Isoflavones Reduce Heart Disease Risk Factors in PD
• 10-year PD Survival
• Safety of Bedside PD Catheter Placement During COVID-19
• Blood Vessel Damage Key to Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis (EPS)
• Does Extended Hour HD Helps Survival After Returning to Standard HD?

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