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WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dialysis Patient Citizens issued the following statement in response to today's release of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled "End-Stage Renal Disease: Reduction in Drug Utilization Suggests Bundled Payment Rate is Too High": "Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) is extremely concerned by the GAO's findings of an apparent decline in drug utilization for dialysis patients, but urges restraint and careful...
Kidney Community Urges Congress to Prevent Additional Cuts to Medicare Dialysis Benefit, Vulnerable Patients' Care During Fiscal Cliff Discussions WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seven-time NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning joined with representatives of Kidney Care Partners (KCP), a broad-based coalition and leading voice of the kidney community, on Capitol Hill today to announce significant improvements in patient care outcomes and urge Congress to maintain its...
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LAWRENCE, Mass., Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NxStage(®) Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced the appointment of Jean Mixer to its Board of Directors. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110503/MM94799LOGO ) Ms. Mixer is the Chief Executive Officer of mixerconsulting which focuses on helping organizations grow their business through strategic and governance work. She was formerly a partner at The Boston...
RIVER EDGE, N.J., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nephros, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NEPH), a commercial stage medical device company that develops and sells high performance liquid purification ultrafilters, announced today financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. Recent Highlights Year-to-date ultrafilter sales to our three target markets (Dialysis, Hospital and Military) of over $800,000 vs. approximately $600,000 for full year 2011 First shipment...
Still Absorbing Cuts, Changes from 'Bundling' Rules, Community Urges Stability WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kidney Care Partners (KCP), a broad-based coalition of patient advocates, dialysis professionals, care providers and manufacturers working together to improve quality of care for individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), commended the Administration for the latest round of federal regulations implementing the...
In one of the largest and longest trials involving patients with kidney failure, a study led by an international team of researchers found that cinacalcet — a drug commonly prescribed to patients with kidney failure and a disturbance of bone and mineral metabolism known as secondary hyperparathyroidism — does not significantly reduce the risk of death or major cardiovascular events. The results of the trial known as EVOLVE, which enrolled nearly 4,000 kidney patients from several...
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Representatives of four local Innovative Dialysis facilities joined together on Sunday, October 21, to support the 2012 Los Angeles Kidney Walk in Pasadena. Together the "Southern CA Innovative Dialysis Facilities" team raised nearly $1,000 for the National Kidney Foundation. The facilities that took part in the event were: Kidney Care Center of the North Valley, Canyon Country Dialysis Center, Santa Clarita Kidney Center, and Northridge...
SINGAPORE and BURBANK, Calif., Oct. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AWAK Technologies announced today that it is extending its innovative sorbent technology platform to be used in haemodialysis systems. The technology is currently used in the company's wearable dialysis product, the peritoneal dialysis-based Automated Wearable Artificial Kidney (AWAK). The sorbent technology is a key component for dialysate regeneration used during dialysis session. Conventional hemodialysis systems...
LAWRENCE, Mass., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NxStage® Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, celebrated the grand opening of its new headquarters in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in a special ceremony this week with Governor Deval Patrick and other local officials. The event, which included a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony, tour of NxStage's new headquarters at Riverwalk Properties in Lawrence and product demonstrations, took place Monday,...
