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Nephrology News Roundup

Acumen Staff
April 2, 2018 Leave a Comment

News

Here’s a roundup of nephrology news over the past couple weeks. Click on the headlines to browse the articles. Or, if you’ve discovered other newsworthy items that may be of interest to our team or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Nephrology News Tagged With: CKD, dialysis, Kidney Dialysis Patient Protection Act, Michael Shapiro, Renal Physicians Association Annual Meeting, RPA

The PATIENTS Act: The Solution Has Arrived!

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
December 11, 2017 2 Comments

Add advocacy for the PATIENTS Act to your to-do list

Can you believe we are starting the second full week of December? Not that I am counting, but I heard there are 12 shopping days left ahead of that big holiday on the horizon. Which, of course, means … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, ESCO, ESCO Tagged With: C-SNP, CKD, CSNP, ESCO, ESRD, Integrated Care Group, Medicare Advantage Chronic Special Needs Plan, Medicare Advantage CSNP, Terry Ketchersid, The PATIENTS Act

Nephrology News Roundup

Acumen Staff
July 31, 2017 Leave a Comment

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Drugs - Global Market Outlook (2017-2023) According to Stratistics MRC, the Global Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Drugs market is expected to grow from $12.87 billion in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, NEWS Tagged With: CKD, ESCO, ESRD, HIE, renal transplant

Patient-Driven Health IT

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
July 17, 2017 Leave a Comment

Mobile apps

I regularly read Dr. John Halamka’s Geekdoctor blog to keep up with the latest health IT (HIT) news. Dr. Halamka, Beth Israel Deaconess CIO, is an HIT policy expert, traveling around the U.S. and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Health IT Tagged With: 21st Century Cures Act, API, application programming interface, CKD, Dr. John Halamka, Dugan Maddux, ESRD, Geekdoctor, Health IT, HIT, MACRA, MIPS, QPP, quality payment program

Nephrology News Roundup

Acumen Staff
February 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

Here’s a roundup of nephrology news over the past few weeks. Click on the headlines to browse the articles. Or, if you’ve discovered other newsworthy items that may be of interest to our team or your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nephrology News Tagged With: ACA, Affordable Care Act, Amgen, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, chronic kidney disease, CKD, CMS, FDA, mHealth, MIPS, NDD-CKD, Parsabiv, suPAR, Terry Ketchersid

Above Average

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
April 4, 2016 Leave a Comment

Person who stands out from the crowd

"Well, that's the news from Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average." Garrison Keillor, News from Lake Wobegon As any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: AAKP, American Association of Kidney Patients, AVF, Charles Wheelan, CKD, dialysis, Dugan Maddux, ESRD, FSGS, Judy Wientraub, PD, PTH, Renal Physicians Association, renal replacement therapy, RPA, Terry Ketchersid

Patient Portals: Enhancing Patient Communication?

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
November 30, 2015 1 Comment

You’re reading this blog post and we thank you for it, but what does that say about you? Data about use of online resources and tools in the U.S. is plentiful. A January 2014 Pew Research publication … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use - Stage 2, Patient Portal Tagged With: CJASN, CKD, CMS, Core Objective, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, Meaningful Use, Meaningful Use Stage 2, Patient Electronic Access Objective, Patient Portal, Pew Research, Secure Electronic Messaging

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