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	The Dialysis Quality Incentive Program Rule Proposed - CMS Calls for Comments Blog entry by Bill Peckham from Dialysis from the Sharp End of the Needle. Editor's note: While CMS does seem to be acknowledging that ESA overuse has been a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, it is disappointing that CMS continues to target biochemical markers instead of life outcomes. Few realize it, but the two outcomes they are still targeting with URR are "not dead and not in the hospital." If patients aren't getting enough dialysis to feel well enough to live productive and meaningful lives, the federal ESRD program will continue to be a factory for debilitation and disability. There is a growing hypocrisy in the dialysis industry in that the CEOs and nephrologists of the major corporations would want much more dialysis therapy for themselves (double or more!) than their average patient receives.
	Finding Romance While on Dialysis Podcast from KidneyTalk™.
	Kidney Organizations Partner to Offer Unified Anemia Education Resource for Patients Press release and fact sheet (2-page pdf) from Renal Support Network. Editor's note: I believe the fact sheet should also state that you can likely reduce the amount of ESAs you will require if you receive longer and more frequent hemodialysis treatments.
	FDA: Letter to Infection Control Practitioners Regarding Positive Displacement Needleless Connectors FDA Medical Device safety notice.
	Differential Activation of Memory-Relevant Brain Regions During a Dialysis Cycle Advance online abstract from Kidney International.
	Intra-Individual Variability in Serum Hepcidin Precludes Its Use as a Marker of Iron Status in Hemodialysis Patients Advance online abstract from Kidney International.
	Philippines Claims Success on Organ Trafficking Article from AFP.
	Implantable Sensor Transmits Blood Sugar Levels for More Than One Year Article from HealthDay.
	Millions of Americans in Early Stages of Kidney Disease Need Stroke Monitoring
	CE Credits for Kidney School™ Now Available Online
	AMAG Pharmaceuticals Announces Q2 Financial Results
	Nanotechnology for Water Purification
	NxStage® to Present at the Canaccord Genuity 30th Annual Growth Conference

	No Need for Mouth-to-Mouth CPR Articles from HealthDay and Reuters. Abstract from The New England Journal of Medicine.
	Buying Health Care, the Individual Mandate, and the Constitution Free, full-text perspective piece from The New England Journal of Medicine.
	Long-Awaited Sodium Reduction Plan Seeks To Shake Salt from Canadian Diet Article via The Vancouver Sun.
	GOP Continues Call For Health Law Repeal; Census Releases Uninsured Data Article from Kaiser Health News.
	Support For Health Law Remains Steady While Opposition Drops Article from Kaiser Health News.
	2009 Medical Group Data Finds Continued Financial Losses in Most Regions, Average Increase in Physician Compensation at 3.8%

Geographic Variation in Medicare Drug Spending
Free, full-text perspective piece from The New England Journal of Medicine.

Previous News Stories

•	RPA Meeting (3/10)
•	Extend the MSP Period (12/09)
•	Boston Steering Committee Letter (7/09)
•	Boston ESRD Conference Coverage (4/09)
•	New Views (12/08)

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