Learn about best practices in engaging your elected officials, and the public policy issues affecting health care and kidney disease.
The American Kidney Fund (AKF) submitted a comment letter to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding their proposed rule on the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices Model (ETC model). READ MORE >>
TOPICS: Legislation, Policy, Medicaid, Medicare
Christopher Knippers has worked for over 40 years in the field of psychology (Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology) as a specialist in mood disorders, addiction, and holistic health. He has published several non-fiction books (e.g. Common Sense, Intuition, and God’s Guidance) as well as a novel (Aloha Kai: An Adventure in the Power of Aloha). READ MORE >>
TOPICS: Advocates
According to a new analysis from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), extending Medicare immunosuppressive drug coverage for kidney transplant recipients for more than three years post-transplant would result in Medicare savings of $73.4 million over 10 years. READ MORE >>
TOPICS: Policy, Medicare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that upholds the existing rules on the six protected classes of drugs in the Medicare Part D program. READ MORE >>
TOPICS: Legislation, Policy, Medicare
On April 29, KidneyX announced 15 winning teams for its Phase 1 Redesign Dialysis prize competition. Winning teams’ solutions focused on areas such as improving patient quality of life, earlier detection of complications, and improving patient outcomes. Each team won a prize of $75,000. READ MORE >>
TOPICS: Research
On April 3, the American Kidney Fund (AKF) hosted its annual Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. Twenty-seven AKF Ambassadors from 19 states and the District of Columbia gathered in our nation’s capital to share their personal stories with kidney disease, and to advocate on key issues affecting kidney patients. READ MORE >>
TOPICS: Charitable Premium Assistance, Legislation, AKF Advocacy Activities, Advocacy day, Policy, Advocates
To kick off National Minority Health Month, join the American Kidney Fund (AKF) for a briefing on the disproportionate impact of kidney disease on people of color and new research initiatives addressing kidney disease. READ MORE >>
TOPICS: Legislation, Advocacy day, Policy, Congressional Update, Advocates
When U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar talks about kidney disease, it’s personal—his father was a dialysis patient before receiving a transplant from a living donor. READ MORE >>
TOPICS: Legislation, AKF Advocacy Activities, Policy, Congressional Update
