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ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS AND NEPHROLOGY-SPECIFIC With the successful launch of several Accountable Care Organization (ACO) programs—including the Pioneer ACO model, the Advance Payment model, and the Medicare Shared Savings Program—the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is looking toward implementing similar strategies to coordinate care and improve outcomes for groups of patients with specific diseases. COVID-19: AN ASIAN PERSPECTIVE Humans face an unprecedented situation today. Human coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has caught everyone, regardless of borders and competence of existing healthcare infrastructures, completely unaware. The way the disease has spread across the world over 4 months aptly reflects the meaning of “viral” as it is used in social media, where the term frequently describes PANDEMIC UNDERSCORES URGENT NEED FOR KIDNEY CARE When a novel coronavirus emerged in late 2019, everyone risked infection, but kidney patients found themselves especially vulnerable. People with kidney disease have compromised immune systems and the vast majority of these individuals—roughly half a million people—must visit dialysis centers several times a week, exposing themselves to contact with staff and other patients THIS IS THE WAY: RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL SHOWS ACEIS AND Severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) to enter host cells. Early in the pandemic, several basic science studies were often cited and suggested that ACE inhibitors (ACEis) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may have an effect to increase the abundance of ACE2 (1). Thus, logic would prevail that if anyone on ACEis ARE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS MISCLASSIFIED Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has been the mainstay for diagnosing chronic kidney disease (CKD), and it provides a powerful tool for helping clinicians predict all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and kidney failure in patients. But what is the best equation for estimating an individual’s GFR? A new meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical NKF’S KIDNEY EARLY EVALUATION PROGRAM EXPANDS The National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) provides comprehensive health risk appraisals to assess kidney function and key risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD), including hypertension and diabetes. Since 1997, this rapidly expanding program has screened more than 125,000 individuals. About 20,000 people were screened in 2008 alone.BENCH TO BEDSIDE
People genetically predisposed to have high systolic blood pressure may be at decreased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In a recent study, investigators identified causal associations between potentially modifiable risk factors and AD risk by analyzing genetic data from 17,008 individuals with AD and 37,154 controls. Q&AS WITH KIDNEYCURE GRANT RECIPIENTS 2020 The following articles are brief Q&A sessions with KidneyCure (ASN Foundation) grant recipients. The sessions explore what research the individual is undertaking with the grant funds, their hopes for the research, career goals, and advice for others interested in applying for these grant funds. ASN Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award Alexander Flannery, Pharm.D – Alternative Renin AUTOPSY STUDY LOOKS AT KIDNEY DAMAGE IN DRUG ABUSERS Illicit drug abuse is associated with a “broad but unspecific” range of pathologic changes in the kidneys, according to a postmortem analysis in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.The researchers analyzed the renal findings at forensic autopsy in 129 individuals who died of causes related to illicit drug abuse in one German city between 2009 and 2011. RISING RATE OF DIALYSIS AFTER MAJOR SURGERY In Ontario, the use of short-term dialysis after elective major surgery has increased sharply since the mid-1990s, reports a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Using Ontario health databases, the researchers analyzed more than 550,000 adults undergoing elective major surgery between 1995 and 2009. Trends in the rate of short-term dialysis (within 14 days) after NEW RULE ON ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS COULD WEAKEN The Trump Administration on Tuesday, June 19, unveiled the final rule allowing potentially millions of small businesses and self-employed workers to buy health-insurance plans exempt from many Affordable Care Act (ACA) consumer protections. The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is reviewing the details of the rule now. COVID-19: AN ASIAN PERSPECTIVE Humans face an unprecedented situation today. Human coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has caught everyone, regardless of borders and competence of existing healthcare infrastructures, completely unaware. The way the disease has spread across the world over 4 months aptly reflects the meaning of “viral” as it is used in social media, where the term frequently describes PANDEMIC UNDERSCORES URGENT NEED FOR KIDNEY CARE When a novel coronavirus emerged in late 2019, everyone risked infection, but kidney patients found themselves especially vulnerable. People with kidney disease have compromised immune systems and the vast majority of these individuals—roughly half a million people—must visit dialysis centers several times a week, exposing themselves to contact with staff and other patients THIS IS THE WAY: RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL SHOWS ACEIS AND Severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) to enter host cells. Early in the pandemic, several basic science studies were often cited and suggested that ACE inhibitors (ACEis) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may have an effect to increase the abundance of ACE2 (1). Thus, logic would prevail that if anyone on ACEis ARE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS MISCLASSIFIED Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has been the mainstay for diagnosing chronic kidney disease (CKD), and it provides a powerful tool for helping clinicians predict all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and kidney failure in patients. But what is the best equation for estimating an individual’s GFR? A new meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical NKF’S KIDNEY EARLY EVALUATION PROGRAM EXPANDS The National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) provides comprehensive health risk appraisals to assess kidney function and key risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD), including hypertension and diabetes. Since 1997, this rapidly expanding program has screened more than 125,000 individuals. About 20,000 people were screened in 2008 alone.BENCH TO BEDSIDE
People genetically predisposed to have high systolic blood pressure may be at decreased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In a recent study, investigators identified causal associations between potentially modifiable risk factors and AD risk by analyzing genetic data from 17,008 individuals with AD and 37,154 controls. Q&AS WITH KIDNEYCURE GRANT RECIPIENTS 2020 The following articles are brief Q&A sessions with KidneyCure (ASN Foundation) grant recipients. The sessions explore what research the individual is undertaking with the grant funds, their hopes for the research, career goals, and advice for others interested in applying for these grant funds. ASN Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award Alexander Flannery, Pharm.D – Alternative Renin AUTOPSY STUDY LOOKS AT KIDNEY DAMAGE IN DRUG ABUSERS Illicit drug abuse is associated with a “broad but unspecific” range of pathologic changes in the kidneys, according to a postmortem analysis in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.The researchers analyzed the renal findings at forensic autopsy in 129 individuals who died of causes related to illicit drug abuse in one German city between 2009 and 2011. RISING RATE OF DIALYSIS AFTER MAJOR SURGERY In Ontario, the use of short-term dialysis after elective major surgery has increased sharply since the mid-1990s, reports a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Using Ontario health databases, the researchers analyzed more than 550,000 adults undergoing elective major surgery between 1995 and 2009. Trends in the rate of short-term dialysis (within 14 days) after NEW RULE ON ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS COULD WEAKEN The Trump Administration on Tuesday, June 19, unveiled the final rule allowing potentially millions of small businesses and self-employed workers to buy health-insurance plans exempt from many Affordable Care Act (ACA) consumer protections. The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is reviewing the details of the rule now. FEATURES | KIDNEY NEWS Acute kidney injury (AKI) can be a complication seen in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who are on glucose-lowering agents. Diabetic kidney disease is a major cause of chronic kidney disease, and the presence of diabetes is an independent risk factor for both AKI and poor clinical outcomes.BENCH TO BEDSIDE
People genetically predisposed to have high systolic blood pressure may be at decreased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In a recent study, investigators identified causal associations between potentially modifiable risk factors and AD risk by analyzing genetic data from 17,008 individuals with AD and 37,154 controls. Q&AS WITH KIDNEYCURE GRANT RECIPIENTS 2020 The following articles are brief Q&A sessions with KidneyCure (ASN Foundation) grant recipients. The sessions explore what research the individual is undertaking with the grant funds, their hopes for the research, career goals, and advice for others interested in applying for these grant funds. ASN Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award Alexander Flannery, Pharm.D – Alternative Renin WORLDWIDE TRENDS IN HYPERTENSION: 40-YEAR ANALYSIS More than 1 billion people worldwide now have hypertension, with the highest levels now seen in low-income countries in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report in The Lancet. The NCD Risk Factor Collaboration analyzed pooled data from 1479 studies that had measured blood pressure in 19.1 million adults. The researchers analyzed trends in mean systolic and AUTOPSY STUDY LOOKS AT KIDNEY DAMAGE IN DRUG ABUSERS Illicit drug abuse is associated with a “broad but unspecific” range of pathologic changes in the kidneys, according to a postmortem analysis in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.The researchers analyzed the renal findings at forensic autopsy in 129 individuals who died of causes related to illicit drug abuse in one German city between 2009 and 2011. CMS RELEASES PROPOSED CHANGES TO BUNDLED PAYMENT AND CMS proposed changing the base bundled payment rate from $239.43 to $230.20 (a reduction of $9.23 per treatment), yet total payments to all dialysis facilities are projected to increase 0.3%. While the rule calls for a modest cut to monthly bundled payment rates, changes to low-volume, case-mix, and other adjustors may offset that reduction. PROPOSED E/M CODING CHANGES OVERSHADOW OTHER FEE SCHEDULE On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a combined proposed rule for the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for performance year 2019. Led by its Quality Committee, the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has been reviewing the proposed changes, meeting with peer societies and coalitions, and drafting ANNUAL ROUND OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO ESRD PROGRAM INCLUDES Key proposed changes to the bundle. Most of the changes CMS proposes for the payment bundle were codified in the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) statute, and, predictably, CMS’ interpretation of that law did not come as a surprise to the kidneycommunity.
DONALD KOHAN TO BE GIVEN NARINS AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN Donald E. Kohan Donald E. Kohan, MD, PhD, FASN, who has been a leader in the educational efforts of ASN, will receive the Robert G. Narins Award for these and other contributions. Dr. Kohan is professor of medicine at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center in Salt Lake City. He has served the University of Utah as chief of nephrology, nephrology fellowship training WINN LECTURER TO DISCUSS GENETICS OF GLOMERULAR DISEASE Andrey S. Shaw, MD, will deliver the Michelle P. Winn, MD, Endowed Lectureship on the genetics of human focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) on Friday, Nov. 14. Dr. Shaw is the Emil R. Unanue Professor of Pathology and Immunology and head of the division of immunobiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He is also an investigator of the Howard COVID-19: AN ASIAN PERSPECTIVE Humans face an unprecedented situation today. Human coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has caught everyone, regardless of borders and competence of existing healthcare infrastructures, completely unaware. The way the disease has spread across the world over 4 months aptly reflects the meaning of “viral” as it is used in social media, where the term frequently describes PANDEMIC UNDERSCORES URGENT NEED FOR KIDNEY CARE When a novel coronavirus emerged in late 2019, everyone risked infection, but kidney patients found themselves especially vulnerable. People with kidney disease have compromised immune systems and the vast majority of these individuals—roughly half a million people—must visit dialysis centers several times a week, exposing themselves to contact with staff and other patients THIS IS THE WAY: RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL SHOWS ACEIS AND Severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) to enter host cells. Early in the pandemic, several basic science studies were often cited and suggested that ACE inhibitors (ACEis) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may have an effect to increase the abundance of ACE2 (1). Thus, logic would prevail that if anyone on ACEis ARE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS MISCLASSIFIED Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has been the mainstay for diagnosing chronic kidney disease (CKD), and it provides a powerful tool for helping clinicians predict all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and kidney failure in patients. But what is the best equation for estimating an individual’s GFR? A new meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical NKF’S KIDNEY EARLY EVALUATION PROGRAM EXPANDS The National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) provides comprehensive health risk appraisals to assess kidney function and key risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD), including hypertension and diabetes. Since 1997, this rapidly expanding program has screened more than 125,000 individuals. About 20,000 people were screened in 2008 alone.BENCH TO BEDSIDE
People genetically predisposed to have high systolic blood pressure may be at decreased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In a recent study, investigators identified causal associations between potentially modifiable risk factors and AD risk by analyzing genetic data from 17,008 individuals with AD and 37,154 controls. Q&AS WITH KIDNEYCURE GRANT RECIPIENTS 2020 The following articles are brief Q&A sessions with KidneyCure (ASN Foundation) grant recipients. The sessions explore what research the individual is undertaking with the grant funds, their hopes for the research, career goals, and advice for others interested in applying for these grant funds. ASN Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award Alexander Flannery, Pharm.D – Alternative Renin AUTOPSY STUDY LOOKS AT KIDNEY DAMAGE IN DRUG ABUSERS Illicit drug abuse is associated with a “broad but unspecific” range of pathologic changes in the kidneys, according to a postmortem analysis in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.The researchers analyzed the renal findings at forensic autopsy in 129 individuals who died of causes related to illicit drug abuse in one German city between 2009 and 2011. RISING RATE OF DIALYSIS AFTER MAJOR SURGERY In Ontario, the use of short-term dialysis after elective major surgery has increased sharply since the mid-1990s, reports a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Using Ontario health databases, the researchers analyzed more than 550,000 adults undergoing elective major surgery between 1995 and 2009. Trends in the rate of short-term dialysis (within 14 days) after NEW RULE ON ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS COULD WEAKEN The Trump Administration on Tuesday, June 19, unveiled the final rule allowing potentially millions of small businesses and self-employed workers to buy health-insurance plans exempt from many Affordable Care Act (ACA) consumer protections. The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is reviewing the details of the rule now. COVID-19: AN ASIAN PERSPECTIVE Humans face an unprecedented situation today. Human coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has caught everyone, regardless of borders and competence of existing healthcare infrastructures, completely unaware. The way the disease has spread across the world over 4 months aptly reflects the meaning of “viral” as it is used in social media, where the term frequently describes PANDEMIC UNDERSCORES URGENT NEED FOR KIDNEY CARE When a novel coronavirus emerged in late 2019, everyone risked infection, but kidney patients found themselves especially vulnerable. People with kidney disease have compromised immune systems and the vast majority of these individuals—roughly half a million people—must visit dialysis centers several times a week, exposing themselves to contact with staff and other patients THIS IS THE WAY: RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL SHOWS ACEIS AND Severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) to enter host cells. Early in the pandemic, several basic science studies were often cited and suggested that ACE inhibitors (ACEis) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may have an effect to increase the abundance of ACE2 (1). Thus, logic would prevail that if anyone on ACEis ARE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS MISCLASSIFIED Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has been the mainstay for diagnosing chronic kidney disease (CKD), and it provides a powerful tool for helping clinicians predict all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and kidney failure in patients. But what is the best equation for estimating an individual’s GFR? A new meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical NKF’S KIDNEY EARLY EVALUATION PROGRAM EXPANDS The National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) provides comprehensive health risk appraisals to assess kidney function and key risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD), including hypertension and diabetes. Since 1997, this rapidly expanding program has screened more than 125,000 individuals. About 20,000 people were screened in 2008 alone.BENCH TO BEDSIDE
People genetically predisposed to have high systolic blood pressure may be at decreased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In a recent study, investigators identified causal associations between potentially modifiable risk factors and AD risk by analyzing genetic data from 17,008 individuals with AD and 37,154 controls. Q&AS WITH KIDNEYCURE GRANT RECIPIENTS 2020 The following articles are brief Q&A sessions with KidneyCure (ASN Foundation) grant recipients. The sessions explore what research the individual is undertaking with the grant funds, their hopes for the research, career goals, and advice for others interested in applying for these grant funds. ASN Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award Alexander Flannery, Pharm.D – Alternative Renin AUTOPSY STUDY LOOKS AT KIDNEY DAMAGE IN DRUG ABUSERS Illicit drug abuse is associated with a “broad but unspecific” range of pathologic changes in the kidneys, according to a postmortem analysis in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.The researchers analyzed the renal findings at forensic autopsy in 129 individuals who died of causes related to illicit drug abuse in one German city between 2009 and 2011. RISING RATE OF DIALYSIS AFTER MAJOR SURGERY In Ontario, the use of short-term dialysis after elective major surgery has increased sharply since the mid-1990s, reports a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Using Ontario health databases, the researchers analyzed more than 550,000 adults undergoing elective major surgery between 1995 and 2009. Trends in the rate of short-term dialysis (within 14 days) after NEW RULE ON ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS COULD WEAKEN The Trump Administration on Tuesday, June 19, unveiled the final rule allowing potentially millions of small businesses and self-employed workers to buy health-insurance plans exempt from many Affordable Care Act (ACA) consumer protections. The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is reviewing the details of the rule now. FEATURES | KIDNEY NEWS Acute kidney injury (AKI) can be a complication seen in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who are on glucose-lowering agents. Diabetic kidney disease is a major cause of chronic kidney disease, and the presence of diabetes is an independent risk factor for both AKI and poor clinical outcomes.BENCH TO BEDSIDE
People genetically predisposed to have high systolic blood pressure may be at decreased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In a recent study, investigators identified causal associations between potentially modifiable risk factors and AD risk by analyzing genetic data from 17,008 individuals with AD and 37,154 controls. Q&AS WITH KIDNEYCURE GRANT RECIPIENTS 2020 The following articles are brief Q&A sessions with KidneyCure (ASN Foundation) grant recipients. The sessions explore what research the individual is undertaking with the grant funds, their hopes for the research, career goals, and advice for others interested in applying for these grant funds. ASN Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award Alexander Flannery, Pharm.D – Alternative Renin WORLDWIDE TRENDS IN HYPERTENSION: 40-YEAR ANALYSIS More than 1 billion people worldwide now have hypertension, with the highest levels now seen in low-income countries in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report in The Lancet. The NCD Risk Factor Collaboration analyzed pooled data from 1479 studies that had measured blood pressure in 19.1 million adults. The researchers analyzed trends in mean systolic and AUTOPSY STUDY LOOKS AT KIDNEY DAMAGE IN DRUG ABUSERS Illicit drug abuse is associated with a “broad but unspecific” range of pathologic changes in the kidneys, according to a postmortem analysis in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.The researchers analyzed the renal findings at forensic autopsy in 129 individuals who died of causes related to illicit drug abuse in one German city between 2009 and 2011. CMS RELEASES PROPOSED CHANGES TO BUNDLED PAYMENT AND CMS proposed changing the base bundled payment rate from $239.43 to $230.20 (a reduction of $9.23 per treatment), yet total payments to all dialysis facilities are projected to increase 0.3%. While the rule calls for a modest cut to monthly bundled payment rates, changes to low-volume, case-mix, and other adjustors may offset that reduction. PROPOSED E/M CODING CHANGES OVERSHADOW OTHER FEE SCHEDULE On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a combined proposed rule for the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for performance year 2019. Led by its Quality Committee, the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has been reviewing the proposed changes, meeting with peer societies and coalitions, and drafting ANNUAL ROUND OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO ESRD PROGRAM INCLUDES Key proposed changes to the bundle. Most of the changes CMS proposes for the payment bundle were codified in the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) statute, and, predictably, CMS’ interpretation of that law did not come as a surprise to the kidneycommunity.
DONALD KOHAN TO BE GIVEN NARINS AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN Donald E. Kohan Donald E. Kohan, MD, PhD, FASN, who has been a leader in the educational efforts of ASN, will receive the Robert G. Narins Award for these and other contributions. Dr. Kohan is professor of medicine at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center in Salt Lake City. He has served the University of Utah as chief of nephrology, nephrology fellowship training WINN LECTURER TO DISCUSS GENETICS OF GLOMERULAR DISEASE Andrey S. Shaw, MD, will deliver the Michelle P. Winn, MD, Endowed Lectureship on the genetics of human focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) on Friday, Nov. 14. Dr. Shaw is the Emil R. Unanue Professor of Pathology and Immunology and head of the division of immunobiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He is also an investigator of the Howard PANDEMIC UNDERSCORES URGENT NEED FOR KIDNEY CARE When a novel coronavirus emerged in late 2019, everyone risked infection, but kidney patients found themselves especially vulnerable. People with kidney disease have compromised immune systems and the vast majority of these individuals—roughly half a million people—must visit dialysis centers several times a week, exposing themselves to contact with staff and other patients THIS IS THE WAY: RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL SHOWS ACEIS AND Severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) to enter host cells. Early in the pandemic, several basic science studies were often cited and suggested that ACE inhibitors (ACEis) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may have an effect to increase the abundance of ACE2 (1). Thus, logic would prevail that if anyone on ACEis COVID-19: AN ASIAN PERSPECTIVE Humans face an unprecedented situation today. Human coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has caught everyone, regardless of borders and competence of existing healthcare infrastructures, completely unaware. The way the disease has spread across the world over 4 months aptly reflects the meaning of “viral” as it is used in social media, where the term frequently describes Q&AS WITH KIDNEYCURE GRANT RECIPIENTS 2020 The following articles are brief Q&A sessions with KidneyCure (ASN Foundation) grant recipients. The sessions explore what research the individual is undertaking with the grant funds, their hopes for the research, career goals, and advice for others interested in applying for these grant funds. ASN Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award Alexander Flannery, Pharm.D – Alternative Renin NKF’S KIDNEY EARLY EVALUATION PROGRAM EXPANDS The National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) provides comprehensive health risk appraisals to assess kidney function and key risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD), including hypertension and diabetes. Since 1997, this rapidly expanding program has screened more than 125,000 individuals. About 20,000 people were screened in 2008 alone. ARE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS MISCLASSIFIED Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has been the mainstay for diagnosing chronic kidney disease (CKD), and it provides a powerful tool for helping clinicians predict all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and kidney failure in patients. But what is the best equation for estimating an individual’s GFR? A new meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical STUDIES EXAMINE OPIOID PRESCRIBING IN CKD Concerning national and regional patterns of prescribing opioids to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) were found in a pair of studies presented at Kidney Week. A nationwide epidemic of opioid abuse and overdose has led to increased scrutiny of prescribing of this class of drugs. Patients with CKD are at increased risk of pain, and are more likely to be prescribed AUTOPSY STUDY LOOKS AT KIDNEY DAMAGE IN DRUG ABUSERS Illicit drug abuse is associated with a “broad but unspecific” range of pathologic changes in the kidneys, according to a postmortem analysis in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.The researchers analyzed the renal findings at forensic autopsy in 129 individuals who died of causes related to illicit drug abuse in one German city between 2009 and 2011. NEW RULE ON ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS COULD WEAKEN The Trump Administration on Tuesday, June 19, unveiled the final rule allowing potentially millions of small businesses and self-employed workers to buy health-insurance plans exempt from many Affordable Care Act (ACA) consumer protections. The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is reviewing the details of the rule now. PROPOSED E/M CODING CHANGES OVERSHADOW OTHER FEE SCHEDULE On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a combined proposed rule for the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for performance year 2019. Led by its Quality Committee, the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has been reviewing the proposed changes, meeting with peer societies and coalitions, and drafting PANDEMIC UNDERSCORES URGENT NEED FOR KIDNEY CARE When a novel coronavirus emerged in late 2019, everyone risked infection, but kidney patients found themselves especially vulnerable. People with kidney disease have compromised immune systems and the vast majority of these individuals—roughly half a million people—must visit dialysis centers several times a week, exposing themselves to contact with staff and other patients THIS IS THE WAY: RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL SHOWS ACEIS AND Severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) to enter host cells. Early in the pandemic, several basic science studies were often cited and suggested that ACE inhibitors (ACEis) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may have an effect to increase the abundance of ACE2 (1). Thus, logic would prevail that if anyone on ACEis COVID-19: AN ASIAN PERSPECTIVE Humans face an unprecedented situation today. Human coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has caught everyone, regardless of borders and competence of existing healthcare infrastructures, completely unaware. The way the disease has spread across the world over 4 months aptly reflects the meaning of “viral” as it is used in social media, where the term frequently describes Q&AS WITH KIDNEYCURE GRANT RECIPIENTS 2020 The following articles are brief Q&A sessions with KidneyCure (ASN Foundation) grant recipients. The sessions explore what research the individual is undertaking with the grant funds, their hopes for the research, career goals, and advice for others interested in applying for these grant funds. ASN Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award Alexander Flannery, Pharm.D – Alternative Renin NKF’S KIDNEY EARLY EVALUATION PROGRAM EXPANDS The National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) provides comprehensive health risk appraisals to assess kidney function and key risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD), including hypertension and diabetes. Since 1997, this rapidly expanding program has screened more than 125,000 individuals. About 20,000 people were screened in 2008 alone. ARE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS MISCLASSIFIED Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has been the mainstay for diagnosing chronic kidney disease (CKD), and it provides a powerful tool for helping clinicians predict all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and kidney failure in patients. But what is the best equation for estimating an individual’s GFR? A new meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical STUDIES EXAMINE OPIOID PRESCRIBING IN CKD Concerning national and regional patterns of prescribing opioids to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) were found in a pair of studies presented at Kidney Week. A nationwide epidemic of opioid abuse and overdose has led to increased scrutiny of prescribing of this class of drugs. Patients with CKD are at increased risk of pain, and are more likely to be prescribed AUTOPSY STUDY LOOKS AT KIDNEY DAMAGE IN DRUG ABUSERS Illicit drug abuse is associated with a “broad but unspecific” range of pathologic changes in the kidneys, according to a postmortem analysis in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.The researchers analyzed the renal findings at forensic autopsy in 129 individuals who died of causes related to illicit drug abuse in one German city between 2009 and 2011. NEW RULE ON ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS COULD WEAKEN The Trump Administration on Tuesday, June 19, unveiled the final rule allowing potentially millions of small businesses and self-employed workers to buy health-insurance plans exempt from many Affordable Care Act (ACA) consumer protections. The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is reviewing the details of the rule now. PROPOSED E/M CODING CHANGES OVERSHADOW OTHER FEE SCHEDULE On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a combined proposed rule for the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for performance year 2019. Led by its Quality Committee, the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has been reviewing the proposed changes, meeting with peer societies and coalitions, and drafting Q&AS WITH KIDNEYCURE GRANT RECIPIENTS 2020 The following articles are brief Q&A sessions with KidneyCure (ASN Foundation) grant recipients. The sessions explore what research the individual is undertaking with the grant funds, their hopes for the research, career goals, and advice for others interested in applying for these grant funds. ASN Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award Alexander Flannery, Pharm.D – Alternative Renin ARE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS MISCLASSIFIED Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has been the mainstay for diagnosing chronic kidney disease (CKD), and it provides a powerful tool for helping clinicians predict all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and kidney failure in patients. But what is the best equation for estimating an individual’s GFR? A new meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT DEBATE In our last installment, we tried to ground the conversation by laying out how Republican health care ideas impact you. You can review Part 10 of our series here. Simultaneously, in the last Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal update in Kidney News, we reviewed the Three Phases of the repeal effort as outlined by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price: 1) Direct CMS RELEASES PROPOSED CHANGES TO BUNDLED PAYMENT AND CMS proposed changing the base bundled payment rate from $239.43 to $230.20 (a reduction of $9.23 per treatment), yet total payments to all dialysis facilities are projected to increase 0.3%. While the rule calls for a modest cut to monthly bundled payment rates, changes to low-volume, case-mix, and other adjustors may offset that reduction. HOW GENOMICS IS TRANSFORMING NEPHROLOGY In this PHG Foundation blog post, Professor John A. Sayer presents a nice overview of how advances in genomics are advancing treatment of kidney care, and provides links to more in-depth resources. ANNUAL ROUND OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO ESRD PROGRAM INCLUDES Key proposed changes to the bundle. Most of the changes CMS proposes for the payment bundle were codified in the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) statute, and, predictably, CMS’ interpretation of that law did not come as a surprise to the kidneycommunity.
SEEKING ASN CO-CHAIR FOR KIDNEY HEALTH INITIATIVE Since its establishment in September 2012, Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FASN, has served as the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) co-chair of the Kidney Health Initiative (KHI). KHI is a public-private partnership among the ASN, FDA, and nephrology community that aims to bring together nephrologists, industry partners, patient advocacy groups, and regulatory agencies to POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE TRAVEL BAN ON NEPHROLOGY ASN's David White breaks down how the Trump administration travel ban and subsequent court battles may have an effect on the future of the nephrology workforce. RISING RATE OF DIALYSIS AFTER MAJOR SURGERY In Ontario, the use of short-term dialysis after elective major surgery has increased sharply since the mid-1990s, reports a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Using Ontario health databases, the researchers analyzed more than 550,000 adults undergoing elective major surgery between 1995 and 2009. Trends in the rate of short-term dialysis (within 14 days) after DONALD KOHAN TO BE GIVEN NARINS AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN Donald E. Kohan Donald E. Kohan, MD, PhD, FASN, who has been a leader in the educational efforts of ASN, will receive the Robert G. Narins Award for these and other contributions. Dr. Kohan is professor of medicine at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center in Salt Lake City. He has served the University of Utah as chief of nephrology, nephrology fellowship training Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation This site uses _cookies_, tags, and tracking settings to store information that help give you the very best browsing experience. Dismiss this warningSign in
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