HHS Announces First KidneyX Prize Competition
Published by Inside Health Policy HHS on Friday (Sep. 28) announced about $2.6 million in prize money for the KidneyX: Redesign Dialysis competition, and Ed Simcox, HHS chief technology officer, said at a briefing that the while the prize competition can encourage innovation, coordination between FDA and CMS to improve patient access will also be…
Media Advisory: The Vital Public-Private Partnership in Kidney Care
Participants from Congress, HHS, NIH and the Kidney Community to Discuss Advancing Care, Research & Innovation for Individuals with Kidney Diseases, Kidney Failure and Kidney Transplants The Congressional Kidney Caucus will host a Capitol Hill Briefing, in cooperation with Kidney Care Partners, the American Society of Nephrology, the Renal Physicians Association and the American Association…
Congress has a chance to improve insurance options for people with kidney failure and help fund opioid crisis treatment
Published by The Hill Taking a powerful jab at two devastating health crises at one time seems like a smart move. Kidney disease threatens the lives of more than 703,000 Americans with kidney failure—an 80 percent increase since 2000. With more than 10,000 new patients diagnosed with kidney failure every single month, 495,000 Americans on dialysis, and 208,000…
Stopping Chronic Kidney Disease Before it Starts: Improving Education, Identification and Prevention Holds the Key to Stopping the Growth of CKD
By Dr. Allen Nissenson, KCP Chair 30 million. That is the number of American adults who are living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) today, which – if left untreated – can progress to kidney failure. Even worse, more than half of the patients with kidney disease are not aware of their condition, leaving their disease…
Azar Meets With Kidney Care Partners To Discuss New Reimbursement Paths
Published by Inside Health Policy HHS Secretary Alex Azar met with kidney disease advocates on Wednesday (June 13) to discuss a potential shift in reimbursement policy, which providers have said doesn’t currently cover the cost of providing kidney care in Medicare. Kidney Care Partners, which includes providers, those providing charitable assistance, patients and drug makers,…
Innovation Renews Hope for Patients with Kidney Disease
Published By MedPage Today by Crystal A. Gadegbeku, MD, FASN Forty million Americans are living with kidney diseases and 700,000 have kidney failure — a majority of whom depend on Medicare end-stage renal disease (ESRD) benefit for life-preserving medical care. While millions of lives are impacted by kidney-related illnesses, the United States, through unintended consequences…
The Congressional Kidney Caucus to Hold a Capitol Hill Briefing on the Vital Public-Private Partnership in Kidney Care
Participants from Congress, HHS, NIH and the Kidney Community to Discuss Advancing Care, Research & Innovation for Individuals with Kidney Diseases, Kidney Failure and Transplants On June 12, the Congressional Kidney Caucus will host a Capitol Hill Briefing, in cooperation with Kidney Care Partners, the American Society of Nephrology and the American Association of Kidney…
Strange bedfellows no more: it’s time for research and policy to work together
By Dr. Allen Nissenson, KCP Chair Someone once said, “When you love what you do, you never ‘work’ a day in your life.” But sometimes, it’s a love affair that can drive you mad. As a physician and researcher for most of my adult life, I’ve spent hundreds upon hundreds of hours chasing objective data,…
Despite skyrocketing incidence of kidney disease and kidney failure, government investment remains inadequate
Published by The Hill It stands to reason that with the enormous improvements in health care technology, diagnostics and drug therapies over the past several decades, Americans should be much better off – and healthier – than they were just 25 years ago. But even as health outcomes have improved overall, our nation is rapidly…
ASN, HHS collaborate to launch KidneyX research effort
Published by Healio The American Society of Nephrology has signed a memorandum of understanding with the HHS to establish the Kidney Innovation Accelerator, also known as KidneyX, research program. Both groups hope that KidneyX will spur the development and commercialization of innovative technologies and therapeutics in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases. “By…