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2012 Planner for Living Well with Kidney Disease
Order Your Free Planner for Living Well with Kidney Disease!
This 2012 planner is ideal for those with kidney disease or their family members who want to keep tabs on their health. The calendar includes tips for living well with kidney disease and pages to track lab results, medications and more.
Order online or download flyer and order by mail or fax. Supplies are limited.
Medicare ESRD Bundled Payment
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has changed the way it will pay for dialysis care. The Prospective Payment System (PPS) will be phased in starting January, 2011 and continue through 2014. The new rule also adopts three quality measures pertaining to hemodialysis adequacy and anemia management for an ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP) to be used as part of the program performance standards and measures.
To learn more about how the new bundled payment may affect you visit Dialysis Patient Citizens and download a copy of the Dialysis Patients’ Guide to the Medicare ESRD Bundle brochure.
Flu Season is Still Here!
The timing of flu is very unpredictable and can vary from season to season. Flu activity most commonly peaks in the U.S. in January or February. However, seasonal flu activity can occur as late as May.
Remember to get your flu shot. Find flu vaccination locations by zip code or by city, state. Visit http://www.google.org/flushot and the information will be displayed on a map on the Google website.
Featured Resource
National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP) is an initiative of the National Institutes of Health, designed to raise awareness of:
- the seriousness of kidney disease,
- the importance of testing those at high risk (persons with diabetes, high blood pressure, or a family history of kidney failure),
- the availability of treatment to prevent or slow kidney failure.
Resources are available for patients, family members, as well as, the community at large.
Kidney Patient News (KPN) is designed to meet the needs of kidney patients and their families. KPN is sponsored by the Patient Services Department (ESRD Network 9/10) of The Renal Network, Inc under contract to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS). This Web site provides only general information for educational purposes. It does not endorse any specific test, procedure or medication that may be mentioned in the Web site. It does not replace medical or other advice offered by health care providers, professionals or physicians.
Last updated on: January 13, 2012
