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	Medicare's 'Dialysis Facility Compare' Now Displays Facility Star Ratings Article from AP. CMS press release. Dialysis Facility Compare home page, fact sheet, and star rating explanation. Press release and www.5stardialysis.org web site from Kidney Care Partners that denounce Medicare's star rating system for dialysis facilities. KidneyTalk podcast on the 5-star rating system for dialysis facilities from Renal Support Network. Editor's note: I examined the ratings of some of top nephrology programs in the country (5 stars is best): Mayo Clinic - 2 stars Cleveland Clinic - 1 star Massachusetts General - 1 star UCSF (at General Hospital) - 3 stars Rogosin Institute (NY, NY) - 2 stars
	DaVita to Settle Shareholder Lawsuits Stemming from Federal Kickback Settlement for $7.3 Million Article from Denver Business Journal.
	DaVita HealthCare Partners Buys Remaining Stake in India's NephroLife Care for $32.5 Million Article from The Economic Times (India).
	UK Renal Registry 2014 - 17th Annual Report of the Renal Association Free access to report PDFs via Nephron.
	Articles from Medical Economics®: How Motivational Interviewing Can Help Reach Noncompliant Patients Engaging Patients to Decrease Costs and Improve Outcomes
	High Blood Calcium Linked with Increased Risk of Premature Death in Dialysis Patients Press release and JASN Express abstract from the American Society of Nephrology.
	Is There a Moral Way to Fix America's Kidney Shortage? Article from The Atlantic.
	CKD in Elderly Patients Managed without Dialysis: Survival, Symptoms, and Quality of Life CJASN Express abstract.
	A Very Simple Formula to Compute pCO2 in Hemodialysis Patients Online First abstract from International Urology and Nephrology.
	Blood Glucose Fluctuations in Hemodialysis Patients with End Stage Diabetic Nephropathy Article in Press abstract from Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications.
	Long-Term Outcome of Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis (EPS) Patients in a Single Center Online First abstract from Clinical and Experimental Nephrology.
	Trends in Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Older Adults (Registration required, but free.) Free, full-text article from the Journal of American Geriatrics Society via Medscape Nephrology.
	Reliant Renal Care to Provide Assisted Home Hemodialysis in NexCare Health Systems Nursing Centers

	Elizabeth Warren: How about a 'Swear Jar' for Drug Companies? Article from The Hill.
	Optimizing High-Risk Care Management Free, full-text, Online First viewpoint article from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
	2015 Nurse Practitioner Ranks Surge to 205,000, Nearly Doubling Over Past Decade Press release from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
	American Nurses Association's 'Year of Ethics' Kicks off with Release of Revised Code of Ethics Article from Nurse.com.
	Superbug Spread through Contaminated Scopes Sickened Dozens in Seattle
	Ebola Crisis: Experimental Vaccine 'Shipped to Liberia'

1,700 Hospitals Win Quality Bonuses From Medicare, But Most Will Never Collect
Article from Kaiser Health News.

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