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Volume/Issue:
Volume 16: Issue 12
Page:
32–33
Publication Date:
06 Dec 2024
Online Publication Date:
06 Dec 2024
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1) Intervening earlier in kidney care
➤ Increasing awareness and screening for kidney diseases
➤ Advocating for a national Office of Kidney Health and Transplantation
➤ Supporting improvements in the Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model
2) Transforming transplant processes and increasing access
➤ Increasing Organ Transplant Access through advocacy
➤ Supporting living donors through legislative measures
➤ Implementing a historic funding increase for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Modernization Initiative
➤ Collecting data on transplant referrals and waitlisting
3) Advancing kidney research and innovation
➤ Supporting federally funded kidney research
➤ Sustaining funding for the Kidney Innovation Accelerator (KidneyX) and research agencies
➤ Advancing the Kidney PATIENT Act
4) Achieving equity and eliminating disparities in kidney care
➤ Removing race from the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI)
➤ Expanding access to home dialysis for patients with acute kidney injury
➤ Securing medically necessary oral health coverage for patients with kidney diseases
➤ Supporting ASN members conducting state-level advocacy for dialysis access
➤ Integrating the Health Care Justice Committee
5) Bolstering the kidney health workforce
➤ Stabilizing the physician workforce
➤ Collaborating with nephrology nursing organizations
➤ Advocating for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Accreditation
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