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Ensuring CMS Hears the Patient Voice on Dialysis

Each year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) regulation, known as the ESRD rule. One o...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Treatments and therapies,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Peritoneal dialysis,

Home hemodialysis,

Home peritoneal dialysis

NKF Advocates Put a Face on Kidney Health Agenda in August Meetings

This August NKF Voices for Kidney Health advocates from across the country are meeting with their federal representatives, sharing their stories and w...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney transplantation,

Patient advocacy

NKF’s CEO Speaks on the Need for Innovation to Increase Kidney Transplant Rates

One of NKFs most important goals is making sure that more people benefit from a kidney transplant. Our Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Longino, recent...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Kidney transplantation,

Congress Joins NKF and USPSTF for US Preventive Services Task Force Kidney Disease Screening Recommendation

Last year, NKFs Coalition for Kidney Health (CKH) sent a letter to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommending that they institute ...

Diseases and conditions,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Tests and procedures,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Chronic kidney disease

Prioritizing Our Kidney Community’s Needs Amidst COVID Vaccine Campaign

As states reopen and more Americans receive one of the COVID-19 vaccines, many kidney patients still cant rest easy. They have questions about whethe...

Diseases and conditions,

Tests and procedures,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Acute kidney injury,

COVID-19 vaccination

A Major Kidney Policy Milestone

Late last night kidney community advocates reached an amazing milestone, as the Connecticut state legislature passed and sent to the governor to sign ...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney transplantation,

Patient advocacy

Patients, Families, and Health Professionals Unite to Advocate for Change

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Chronic kidney disease,

Patient advocacy

Funding Campaign to Ensure Progress in the Fight Against Kidney Disease

March means signs of spring, filling out college basketball brackets, and if you are a congressional staffer, fielding a TON of appropriations request...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Diseases and conditions,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Fundraising and volunteering,

Success in Washington Led by Kidney Patient Advocates

On March 2nd, more than 230 advocates from 43 states representing the National Kidney Foundation and five other kidney organizations met virtually wit...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Patient advocacy

Kidney Patients are Back on Capitol Hill – Virtually!

More than 230 kidney patients, living kidney donors, and care partners will meet virtually with their Members of Congress this Tuesday, March 2nd as p...

Treatments and therapies,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Policy and legislation,

Home hemodialysis