Chronic kidney disease, already a problem affecting millions of Americans, is only expected to become more prevalent as the country ages. For those with end-stage disease, a transplant is the ideal ...

With an estimated 37 million Americans affected by chronic kidney disease, Medicare has launched the Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting (CKCC) model, spotlighting the importance of proactive, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The federal value-based Kidney Care Choices model for kidney disease is now in year 4. Result from year 1 show ...

In its continuing efforts to improve the organ donation and transplant system and promote health equity, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Centers for Medicare ...

On May 8, 2024, CMS issued a proposed rule for establishing the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model (IOTA Model). As proposed, the IOTA Model would run for six years starting on January 1, 2025, ...

In December, the FDA granted breakthrough status for an implantable kidney replacement system for patients with end-stage kidney disease, according to a company press release.The Holly device by ...

In 1972, Congress – moved by the plight of patients dying from lack of access to dialysis – approved comprehensive health care coverage through Medicare for people living with End-Stage Renal Disease ...

McLean, Virginia-based Somatus announced Wednesday that it has raised more than $325 million in oversubscribed Series E financing, at a valuation of $2.5 billion, to grow its value-based kidney care ...

BACKGROUND: The FINE-CKD model was developed to estimate the cost-effectiveness of finerenone in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). OBJECTIVE: To perform internal ...

"Given that this in vitro model represents most of the cell types in the kidney and incorporates the immune system, it could support the assessment of on and off-target effects from TCBs as well as ...