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Category Archives: DPC
Dialysis and Suriving Washington, DC
April 26, 2016: I survived! I’m at Reagan National Airport awaiting my flight home. There’s some question about the landing part as there are severe thunderstorms expected over Dallas tonight. We’ll see. I just want to get home. We got … Continue reading →
Posted in activism, Davita, dialysis, Dialysis Center, Dialysis Patient Citizens, DPC, ESRD, kidney, lobbying, Medicare, patient care, Patient-Centered Care, World Kidney Day
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Tagged CKD, dialysis, Dialysis Patient Citizens, disability, DPC, education, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, lobbying, Medicare, patient, patient care, treatment
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In Washington DC
For the fourth or fifth year, I’m in DC to lobby Congress on behalf of Dialysis patients as a member and Patient Ambassador with DPC (Dialysis Patient Citizens). You can help by calling or emailing your Representative and Senators and tell … Continue reading →
Posted in CKD, dialysis, Dialysis Patient Citizens, DPC, kidney, lobbying, Medicare, politics, Uncategorized, World Kidney Day
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Tagged CKD, dialysis, Dialysis Patient Citizens, DPC, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, lobbying, Texas
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Dialysis and “Doc Fix”
Finally, after SEVENTEEN years, Congress has passed the “doc fix” bill to fill a hole they created in 1997. Read about it here… From the DPC website, here’s the impact on dialysis patients based on the House version of the … Continue reading →
Posted in CMS, dialysis, Dialysis Center, Dialysis Patient Citizens, DPC, ESRD, kidney, lobbying, Medicare, politics, Social Work
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Tagged CKD, CMS, dialysis, Dialysis Patient Citizens, DPC, hemodialysis, kidney, Medicare, social work
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Dialysis and the 5-star @CMS Rating
Dialysis Patient Citizens recently reported on their efforts to respond to the CMS 5-star Rating System. Under this system, the Mayo Clinic, for example, got a 1-star rating. Obviously this is not a good measure of patient feelings or experience. … Continue reading →
Posted in CMS, Dialysis Center, Dialysis Patient Citizens, DPC, ESRD, lobbying, Medicare, ratings
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Dialysis Insomnia
Hey all! Good News! I posted an update to my previous article about “Dialysis and Insomnia”. I want to get this message out to everyone because a large percentage of dialysis patients also have insomnia. (If there are some researchers … Continue reading →
Posted in dialysis, Dialysis Patient Citizens, DPC, ESRD, exercise, kidney, lobbying, National Kidney Foundation. NKF
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Tagged CKD, dialysis, Dialysis Patient Citizens, DPC, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, lobbying
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Dialysis Centers and @CMS 5-star Rating
In a previous related post, I promised I would post more about the Davita position on this when I got it. So, here it is and it makes some good points. “What’s Wrong With the 5-Star Rating System for the … Continue reading →
Posted in CMS, dialysis, Dialysis Center, Dialysis Patient Citizens, DPC, ESRD, kidney, lobbying, Medicare, politics
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Tagged CMS, dialysis, Dialysis Patient Citizens, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, Medicare, patient, patients, social work
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Dialysis and HR-4814
I’m going to pester you about this because it’s way too important so, please forgive me. Recently, a bill called “H.R.4814 – Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2014” was introduced in the U.S. House of … Continue reading →
Posted in activism, dialysis, Dialysis Patient Citizens, DPC, ESRD, kidney, lobbying, patient care
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Tagged dialysis, Dialysis Patient Citizens, DPC, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, lobbying
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Dialysis and Kidney Care Bill
A bill has been entered into the House of Representatives that is extremely important to all of us kidney and dialysis patients. According to the Dialysis Patient Citizen: This bill seeks to advance several proactive kidney care policy initiatives … Continue reading →
Posted in dialysis, Dialysis Patient Citizens, DPC, ESRD, Insurance, lobbying, Medicare, patient care, thankful, thoughts, World Kidney Day
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Dialysis and Hurricanes
June is the beginning of the Hurricane Season and with them come tornadoes inland. If you live in an area hit by either storm type, take heed! We learned a lot about disaster prep here in Texas after Katrina. The ESRD … Continue reading →
Posted in activism, dialysis, Dialysis Center, Dialysis Patient Citizens, dietary restictions, disaster planning, DPC, ESRD, Home dialysis, Insurance, New Patient, patient care
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Tagged CKD, dialysis, disaster planning, education, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, patient, Texas, treatment
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Dialysis and Good News
It’s almost rare nowadays that we get some good news from Congress but here’s some news that a bill signed by the President grants dialysis facilities and pharmaceutical providers some stability in what they’ll be reimbursed for kidney patients. … Continue reading →
Posted in Access, activism, Dialysis Patient Citizens, DPC, ESRD, friendship, kidney, lobbying, Medicare, World Kidney Day
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Tagged Ailsa Chang, Congress, dialysis, Dialysis Patient Citizens, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, lobbying, patient, Patient Education and Public Service, World Kidney Day
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