Current Initiatives

ASN aims to promote policy changes that elevate kidney health, innovation, and education. Current initiatives include improving patient care, enhancing structural capacities, and addressing health disparities and social determinants of health.

The following articles relate to initiatives and activities that align with ASN’s efforts to identify, prioritize, and advocate for policies that promote the highest quality patient care, increased funding for research, and a commitment to medical education funding for kidney diseases on the federal legislative, regulatory, and profession-sanctioned levels.

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New Legislation Aims to Expand Support for Living Donors

ASN Hosts Virtual Meeting on Expanding Access to Kidney Care for Undocumented Individuals

Transforming Kidney Health Research Panel Meets with NIH Institutes

CMMI Anticipates Later IOTA Model Start Date

Panel to Deliver Report on Kidney Health Research Opportunities

ASN Applauds Reductions in Drug Prices

Medicare Payment Policy Includes Oral and Dental Care for Patients with Kidney Failure

ASN Applauds CMS Proposal to Allow Medicare Payment for Beneficiaries with AKI To Dialyze at Home

CMS Innovation Center to Host Webinar to Review Proposed Requirements of IOTA Model

ASN and AST Take Joint Step Towards Transplant Nephrology Training

New Payment Model Announced to Increase Patient Access to Kidney Transplantation

Understanding the ETC Model

ASN Partners with Penn Medicine in Meeting with Congressman Evans

Advancing Living Donor Protections, Maximizing Patient Access to Transplant Care

ASN Welcomes OPTN Modernization Initiative

Kidney Community Advocacy Day Aims to Advance the Living Donor Protection Act

Advancing Augmented Intelligence and Digital Health

Congress Releases Report Bolstering NKF-ASN Efforts to Improve Kidney Diagnosis

Innovation and Equity in Kidney Care

Nephology Now and Ahead: Patient Choice, Shared Decisions, and Innovation

ASN Meets with White House, Comments on Proposed MPFS Rule and Potential Impact on Kidney Patients

From Intervention to Prevention: Getting Ahead of the Curve

ASN Launches "We’re United 4 Kidney Health" Initiative

ASN to Help Improve Adult Immunization Rates for High-Risk Adults

Committed to Workforce and Innovation to Ensure Nephrology’s Future

ASN Comments on Proposed Rule: ESRD Prospective Payment System, QIP, and ETC Model

ASN Offers Comments and Recommendations to OMB

Partnership to Vaccinate Dialysis Patients

Living Donor Protection Act Reintroduced

Update from ASN Executive Vice President Tod Ibrahim

ASN: 21 Highlights in 2021

New Requirements for Organ Procurement Organizations