Rhode Island Kidney Care Connection
Furthering Kidney Health for Patients
with Diabetes
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Community Poverty Impacts Pre-Dialysis Care ScienceDaily: August 5, 2010
The wealth or poverty of kidney disease patients' communities impacts the quality of care patients receive before starting dialysis, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The results suggest that medical professionals need to improve care for patients who have not yet started dialysis.
Research demonstrates substantial variations in the care that kidney disease patients receive before beginning dialysis. William McClellan, MD (Emory University) and his colleagues studied the degree to which AVF use in kidney disease patients is associated with the level of poverty in the county where a treatment center is located.
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Leading Kidney Organizations Partner to Offer Unified Anemia Education Resource for Patients
In order to help chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients learn more about anemia and its proper management, the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), American Kidney Fund (AKF), Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC), National Kidney Foundation (NKF), Renal Physicians Association (RPA) and Renal Support Network (RSN) have teamed up to offer a new anemia education resource available at no charge to kidney patients and their physicians.
Topics included in the anemia management resource include the importance of treating anemia, Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents (ESAs) and other anemia treatments, questions for patients to ask and a table for patients to reference in tracking their anemia management with their doctor. The information is being distributed and made available online through AAKP, AKF, DPC, NKF, RPA and RSN.
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CMS Announces New Prospective Payment System for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities
CMS issued a final ruling on July 26, 2010 that will change how Medicare pays for dialysis services for Medicare beneficiaries who have ESRD. CMS also issued a proposed ruling that would establish a new quality incentive program (QIP) to promote high quality services in dialysis facilities by linking a facility's payments to performance standards. The QIP is the first pay-for-performance in a Medicare fee-for-service payment system.
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CKD Team Member Highlight
 Chris Campanile, MD, PhD
Clinical Coordinator
Dr. Campanile is a family
practice physician at Hillside Avenue
Family & Community Medicine in
Pawtucket. He is a clinical consultant
to the Quality Partners of Rhode Island
CKD project. Dr. Campanile advises
the project on physician engagement,
guides development of patient
education materials, acts as liaison to the specialist community - especially nephrologists, arranges educational events such as conferences and expert panels and facilitates the physician advisory group.
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This material was prepared by Quality Partners of Rhode
Island, the Quality Improvement Organization for Rhode Island, under
contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),
an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Events &
Continuing Education
Opportunities
Taking Control of Your Diabetes: The Ultimate Event for People with Diabetes and their Families.
Saturday, September 11, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence
9:00am-5:00pm
For more information, click here.
National Kidney Foundation (NKF) CME: Your Treatment, Your Choice, A Model for Implementing Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) Kidney Disease Education Benefit.
In this CME/CE activity, using a case study scenario, clinicians learn about:
- Potential learning barriers imposed by chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- The new MIPPA Kidney Disease Education Benefit
- Key precepts of adult teaching/learning to maximize the CKD patient learning experience
- Your Treatment, Your Choice, NKF's new CKD stage 4 patient education program that satisfies Medicare's requirements for reimbursement of the MIPPA benefit
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