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Giving Life to Kidney Transplants: A New Era in Care

December 18, 2020

 

Today the US Senate passed the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act, extending Medicare coverage of life saving immunosuppressive medications for the life of the kidney transplant. This welcome advance will take effect in 2023.

This tremendous advance results from countless hours of advocacy by ASN members and stakeholders throughout the kidney and transplant communities

ASN Webinar: Key Components of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model

December 15, 2020

On Thursday, December 17 from 5:00 - 6:30 pm EST the American Society of Nephrology will host a webinar reviewing key components of the ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC) Model (going into effect January 1, 2021).

Dramatic Improvement to Post-Transplant Care for U.S. Transplant Recipients

December 8, 2020

Bipartisan bill has been ASN's top legislative priority since 2009

Congress is passing the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act as part of priority year-end package.

CMS Releases Long-Overdue Increases in Reimbursement Rates for Home Dialysis

December 7, 2020

 

Nephrologists will receive boosts in payments – especially in the rate for reimbursement for home dialysis – starting on January 1, 2021, according a final rule recently issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The increases to nephrologists’ reimbursements were part of a multi-year push by ASN to increase the values incorporated in those reimbursement calculations. 

Join KidneyCure in Transforming Kidney Health, One Researcher at a Time

November 30, 2020

 

Kidney research and treatment is undergoing tremendous, positive change. Part of that change is propelled by the cutting-edge work funded by KidneyCure. Over 24 years, ASN, and now KidneyCure, has awarded over $53 million to advance kidney health by funding studies of excellence. The researchers performing this work have propelled a sea change of advances that are helping create a world without kidney diseases.

Increasing the U.S. Organ Supply: New Requirements for the Nation’s 58 Organ Procurement Organizations

November 20, 2020

 

Final rule applies new standards to organ procurement in the U.S.

ASN Urges ICE to Reject Changes That Will Reduce Access to Care

October 28, 2020

Nearly 50% of US nephrologists are graduates of international medical schools . These individuals provide critical care in our nation’s teaching hospitals and in areas facing critical physician shortages, fight the COVID-19 pandemic on the front lines, and conduct pioneering research in labs across the country.

American Society of Nephrology Condemns Baseless Claims Regarding COVID-19 Deaths

October 25, 2020

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The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) condemns baseless claims that physicians and hospitals are overcounting or inflating the number of deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic. People with kidney failure are the most vulnerable patients to COVID-19 in the entire Medicare population.

Nephrology: Taking the Lead (President's Address, Kidney Week 2020 Reimagined)

October 22, 2020

Welcome to ASN Kidney Week Reimagined for 2020! 

On behalf of our society, I thank each one of you for your unwavering commitment to improving kidney health throughout the world. This first-ever Kidney Week Reimagined symbolizes many of the opportunities and challenges nephrology faces. Your participation during these unparalleled and supremely challenging times is so highly valued and greatly appreciated.

ASN 2020 Midcareer Award Recipients

October 5, 2020

ASN honors the 2020 Midcareer Award recipients. ASN congratulates the following individuals for their exemplary work and achievements.

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