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In recognition of February as American Heart Awareness month, Transonic is pleased to share this blog heart blog along with an offer for a free Transonic Flowprobe. To learn more about the offer, click here.

Mended Hearts (www.mendedhearts.org) is a national and community-based non-profit organization that has been offering the gift of hope to heart disease patients, their families and caregivers for over sixty-eight years. As the largest peer-to-peer cardiovascular support organization in the world, Mended Hearts seeks to “To inspire hope and improve the quality of life of heart patients and their families through ongoing peer-to-peer support, education, and advocacy”.

In recognition of February as American Heart Awareness month, Transonic is pleased to share this blog heart blog along with an offer for a free Transonic Flowprobe. To learn more about the offer, click here.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients.^1,2

In recognition of February as American Heart Awareness month, Transonic is pleased to share this blog heart blog along with an offer for a free Transonic Flowprobe. To learn more about the offer, click here.

In recognition of February as American Heart Awareness month, Transonic is pleased to post this blog along with an offer for a free Transonic Flowprobe. To learn more about how you can get a free Transonic Flowprobe, click here.

(Gleaned from the 2018 USRDS Annual Data Report: Volume 1, Chapter 9: www.usrds.org)

The Transition of Care in Chronic Kidney Disease (TC-CKD) Special Study Center examines the transition of care to renal replacement therapy (dialysis or transplantation) in patients with very-late-stage (advanced) non-dialysis dependent CKD. These are often persons with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <25 mL/min/1.73m2.

(Gleaned from the 2018 USRDS Annual Data Report: Volume 1, Chapter 7: www.usrds.org)

Persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but not end-stage renal disease (ESRD) often have extensive healthcare needs and frequently face coexisting illnesses. Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in managed care grew from 13 percent in 2004 to 33 percent in 2017. In March 2017, 19 million individuals were enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan.

California’s Legislation of Dialysis Profit Restriction Could Cause DaVita to Lose Up to $40 Million

Source: Nephrology News & Issues

Life-threatening bleeds (LTB) from arteriovenous fistulas or grafts are significant bleeds which are not stopped by application of a normal amount of pressure as is commonly used to stop bleeding after dialysis needle removal. In many cases they occur spontaneously at home between dialysis sessions, away from the clinic or caregiving team. Although access-related LTBs are not common, they can result in the loss of the patient’s access and even be fatal.

As Californians go to the polls on November 6th, they will have the opportunity to vote on Proposition 8, a measure that would cap the outpatient kidney dialysis clinics profits and provide incentives for higher staff levels and pay at their hundreds of California clinics. 

Beginning in 2016, most U.S. hospitals will receive less money from Medicare due to the number of patients who return within 30 days of discharge.

Newly released data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reveals only 799 out of more than 3,400 hospitals subject to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program faced no penalty.