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Kidney Patients at For-Profit Dialysis Centers Less Likely to Get Transplants - 12/12/2011
Kidney disease patients treated at for-profit dialysis centers are 20 percent less likely to be informed about transplant options and referred for the potentially lifesaving operation than those at nonprofit centers, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.
Patients who don't follow treatments hurt dialysis clinics' pay
Dialysis clinics that provide care to kidney disease patients who cannot or will not follow their prescribed treatments will be penalized under a new Medicare payment system, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology. The results suggest
Now Open - VAC of Southern MD Provides Complete Vascular Care Including Uterine Fibroid
Now Open - VAC of Southern MD Provides Complete Vascular Care Including Uterine Fibroid Embolization. Located in Brandywine, the newly opened Vascular Access Centers of Southern Maryland provides patients with complete vascular care including Uterine Fibroid Embolization, an alternative to
The Associated Press: Atlanta providers reach deal on indigent dialysis
AP: Grady Memorial Hospital will pay Fresenius Medical Care to treat the nearly two dozen patients, but the details were still being worked out and the amount paid and length of contract were not immediately available, said hospital spokesman Matt Gove. Regular dialysis treatment can resume at
WABE: Impoverished Kidney Patients Granted Emergency Dialysis (2011-09-06)
Public Broadcasting.net: Several impoverished kidney patients have been told they will receive emergency dialysis treatment at Grady Memorial Hospital Tuesday. More than 20 patients who were receiving care at Fresenius Medical Care have gone without outpatient dialysis since last week. That's when
Dialysis patients lose access to treatments at national provider | ajc.com
Twenty-two former Grady Memorial Hospital patients, many of them uninsured illegal immigrants, had potential life-saving dialysis treatments discontinued Thursday after a contract between the hospital and a national dialysis provider expired.
Higher bills hitting home dialysis
Sydney Morning Herald: Some state and territory governments have subsidies to cover the extra costs for someone having home dialysis up to six hours a day at least three times a week. But the subsidies vary dramatically and have not been adjusted to reflect recent hikes in electricity bills and
Dialysis Patients Unprepared for Disasters, Study Contends - US News and World Report
Many don't know the location of an alternative dialysis center, researchers say
Satellite Dialysis Enrolls 100 Patients in Innovative Nocturnal Dialysis Program | Business Wire
California-based Satellite Healthcare, one of the nation’s first and leading not-for-profit kidney dialysis service providers, has enrolled its
Dietitians Hit Renal Advantage With a Class Action Lawsuit With Help From the San Diego Overtime
Renal Advantage faces a class action lawsuit filed by the San Diego overtime attorneys at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik on behalf of Registered Dietitians, alleging that the Dialysis Centers violated the California labor laws by unlawfully and systematically misclassifying Dieticians as
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