GENERAL
INFORMATION

 

American Association of
Kidney Patients (AAKP)
www.aakp.org

 

American Kidney
Fund (AKF)
www.kidneyfund.org

 

American Nephrology
Nurses' Association
(ANNA)
www.annanurse.org

 

Association for the
Advancement
of Medical
Instrumentation (AAMI)
www.aami.org

 

Association for Professionals
in Infection Control &     Epidemiology (APIC)
www.apic.org

 

Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC)
www.cdc.gov

 

Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS)
www.cms.hhs.gov

 

Consumer's Union (CU)
www.consumersunion.org

 

Dialysis Facility Compare
www.medicare.gov

 

Dialysis & Transplant City
http://groups.msn.com/
DialysisTransplantCity


European Dialysis &
Transplant Nurses Association/European
Renal Care Association www.edtna-erca.org

Fistula First
www.fistulafirst.org

Forum of End Stage Renal
Disease Networks
www.esrdnetworks.org

 

HealthCare
Patient Rights
www.healthcare
patientrights.com

 

Home Dialysis Central
www.homedialysis.org

 

iKidney
www.iKidney.com

 

  I Hate Dialysis
www.ihatedialysis.com

 

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAHO)
www.jointcommission.org

 

Kidney Disease
Outcomes Quality Initiative
(KDOQI)
http://www.kidney.org/
professionals/kdoqi/index.cfm

 

Kidney Options
www.kidneyoptions.com

 

Kidney School (TM)
www.kidneyschool.org

 

Life Options
www.lifeoptions.org

 

Medical Dictionary Online
http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org:80/

 

MRSA Watch
http://tahilla.typepad.com

 

National Association
of Nephrology Technicians/Technologists (NANT)
www.NANT.biz

 

National Institute of
Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney
Disorders (NIDDK)
www.niddk.nih.gov

 

National Institutes
of Health (NIH)
www.nih.gov

 

National Kidney
Foundation (NKF)
www.kidney.org

 

National Minority Organ
Tissue Transplant
Education
Program (MOTTEP)
www.nationalmottep.org

 

Nephron Information Center
www.nephron.com

 

Nephro World
www.nephroworld.com

 

RenalWeb
www.renalweb.com

 

STATE SURVEY

AGENCY DIRECTORY

United Network for
Organ Sharing (UNOS)
www.unos.org

 

US Renal Data System
(USRDS)
www.usrds.org

 

 

 

 
   
 
   
 
  December 20, 2006
   
 
Statement (Excerpt) to House Ways and Means Committee Hearing of December 06, 2006 Regarding Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment
Association of Dialysis Advocates
   
 
  December 10, 2006
   
 
Is the Reported US ESRD Mortality Rate A Lie?
Joe Atkins, Managing Editor, Dialysis & Transplant City
   
 
  July 26, 2007
   
 

EPOGEN
Ways & Means Truth Squad:  What they don't want you to know about Anemia Management Care
U. S. Congress, House Committee on Ways & Means

   
 
  July 20, 2007
   
 

EPOGEN
Medicare to Modify Its Claims Monitoring Policy for Use of Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents (ESAs) for Anemia Treatment in Dialysis
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); July 20, 2007

   
 
  April 16, 2007
   
 

EPOGEN
Conflicted Kidney Docs Snub FDA on EPO
Permission Granted:  Merrill Goozner, Director, Integrity in Science, Center for Science in the Public Interest   (042207)

   
 
  March 14, 2007
   
 
EPOGEN
Medicare Reviewing Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents (ESAs) Policies in Response to FDA's Recent Black Box Warning and Public Health Advisories
U. S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

   
 
  March 12, 2007
   
 
EPOGEN
Analysis: Payment System's Role in Overly Aggressive Use of Biologic Anemia Drugs
Permission Granted:  Milton R. Benjamin, Editor and Publisher, Biologic Drug Report  (031307)
   
 
  March 9, 2007
   
 
EPOGEN
FDA Strengthens Safety Information for Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
   
 
  February 22, 2007
   
 
EPOGEN
Davita Asked About Use of Anemia Drug

Deborah Crowe, Los Angeles Business Journal Staff, Los Angeles Business Journal on the Web
Permission Granted: Matt Toledo, Publisher (022807)

   
 
  January 5, 2007
   
 
FDA Patient Safety News
Cardiovascular Risk with Erythropoietic Agents
   
 
  December 12, 2006
   
 
EPOGEN
EPO Adjustments in Patients With Elevated Hemoglobin Levels: Provider Practice Patterns Compared With Recommended Practice Guidelines American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD)
Allan J. Collins, MD, FACP; James P. Ebben, BS; David T. Gilbertson, Ph.D; December 12, 2006  (122306)
 
   
 
  December 10, 2006
   
 
Permission granted:  Joe Atkins, Managing Editor, Dialysis & Transplant City (121006)
 
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment
Statement of The Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General, US Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Testimony Before the House Committee on Ways and Means, December 6, 2006
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment
Statement of Leslie V. Norwalk, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Testimony Before the House Committee on Ways and Means, December 6, 2006
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment
Statement of Ajay K. Singh, Associate Professor of Medicine, Bringham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts
Testimony Before the House Committee on Ways and Means, December 6, 2006
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment
Statement of Laura T. Pizzi, Research Associate Professor of Health Policy, Department of Health Policy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Testimony Before the House Committee on Ways and Means, December 6, 2006
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment
Statement of Dennis J. Cotter, President, Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
Testimony Before the House Committee on Ways and Means, December 6, 2006
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment, December 6, 2006
Statement of American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, Indianapolis, Indiana
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment
Statement of Richard Carrancejie, Dialysis Patient, Birmingham, Alabama
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment, December 6, 2006
Statement of Davita Patient Citizens
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment, December 6, 2006
Statement of American Society of Nephrology 
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
EPOGEN
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment, December 6, 2006
Statement of Noshi Ishak, M.D., CEO, Medical Director, Central New Hampshire Kidney Center, Laconia, New Hampshire
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment, December 6, 2006
Statement of Kidney Care Partners
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment, December 6, 2006
Statement of National Kidney Foundation, Inc., New York, New York
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment, December 6, 2006
Statement of Renal Physicians Associations, Rockville, Maryland
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment, December 6, 2006
Statement of Kris Robinson, American Association of Kidney Patients, Tampa, Florida
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment, December 6, 2006
State of Dori Schatell, Medical Education Institute, Madison, Wisconsin
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
EPOGEN
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment, December 6, 2006
Statement of Coalition for Dialysis Patient Choice
   
 
  December 6, 2006
   
 
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment, December 6, 2006
Statement of Patricia Tate-Harris, Association of Dialysis Advocates, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
 
   
 
  November 29, 2006
   
 
EPOGEN
ADVISORY:  Thomas Announces Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment U.S. House of Representatives, Ways and Means Committee
   
 
  November 16, 2006
   
 
US Food and Drug Administration ALERT Information for Healthcare Professionals Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents (ESA)
Aranesp, Epogen and Procrit
   
 
  November 2006
   
 

EPOGEN
GAO Report to the Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives

END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE
Bundling Medicare's Payment for Drugs with Payment for All ESRD Services Would Promote Efficiency and Clinical Flexibility U. S. Government General Accountability Office-07-77