Chronic kidney disease, already a problem affecting millions of Americans, is only expected to become more prevalent as the country ages. For those with end-stage disease, a transplant is the ideal ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The federal value-based Kidney Care Choices model for kidney disease is now in year 4. Result from year 1 show ...
On May 8, 2024, CMS issued a proposed rule for establishing the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model (IOTA Model). As proposed, the IOTA Model would run for six years starting on January 1, 2025, ...
In its continuing efforts to improve the organ donation and transplant system and promote health equity, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Centers for Medicare ...
In December, the FDA granted breakthrough status for an implantable kidney replacement system for patients with end-stage kidney disease, according to a company press release.The Holly device by ...
CMS is delaying the start of the first performance year for its kidney care payment model until January 2022, with the goal of giving participants more time to implement infrastructure and operational ...
The University of Wisconsin transplant team recently collaborated with the UW National Primate Research Center and the UW Veterinary Hospital to pursue a novel kidney transplant procedure involving ...
The study was a page-turner: Researchers at Google showed that an artificial intelligence system could predict acute kidney injury, a common killer of hospitalized patients, up to 48 hours in advance.