On Nov. 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that will increase payments to end-stage renal disease ...

Medically reviewed by Karina Tolentino, RD Kidney failure, or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), occurs when the kidneys are no ...

With the goal of  improving the number of life-saving kidney transplants, a new final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ...

Get What’s Yours for Medicare” by Philip Moeller is important reading for Medicare enrollees and this month’s Color of Money ...

Sarah Young, MD, explains how natural disasters fueled by climate change negatively impact people with kidney disease.

The 6-year mandatory Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model aims to boost kidney transplants and address disparities by ...

Hayley Van Hostauyen was 14 weeks pregnant with her daughter Sage when she was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, and now ...

A 43-year-old man attended our hospital with a 2-day history of gradually worsening left-sided abdominal pain 6 months after ...

The global arteriovenous fistula treatment market is on the verge of significant expansion, with a promising trajectory poised to reshape the treatment landscape. According to recent market analysis, ...

Some 20% to 30% of gout patients also have CKD, the researchers said, which is not surprising since they share many risk ...

Among patients living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who received deceased donor kidney transplants, kidneys from ...