Oversight & Accountability: Association of Dialysis Advocates, volunteers committed to safe and quality dialysis treatments.

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

AGENCY DIRECTORY

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

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

	Position Statement on Oversight and Enforcement Association of Dialysis Advocates (ADA)

February 1, 2007

	ADA Letter of Support for Colorado Hemodialysis Technicians Training Standards, HB 1131, Submitted to State Representative John Kefalas and Members of the Health and Human Services Committee for Hearing of February 1, 2007

December 6, 2006

	End-Stage Renal Disease: Bundling Medicare's Payment for Drugs with Payment for All ESRD Services Would Promote Efficiency and Clinical Flexibility US General Accountability Office GAO-07-77

November 29, 2006

	Thomas Announces Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment Congressman Bill Thomas (R-CA), Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means

November 21, 2006

	Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General; Availability of Quality of Care Data in the Medicare End Stage Renal Disease Program; Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General, November 2006, OE1-05-05-00300

November 21, 2006

	HHS-OIG Civil Monetary Penalties Association of Dialysis Advocates (112106)

November 16, 2006

	Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan Department of Health & Human Services, USA Fiscal Year 2006 Other Medicare Services: Quality of Care in Dialysis Facilities

September 25, 2006

	Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan Department of Health & Human Services, USA Fiscal Year 2007

May 5, 2005

	Comments to Proposed ESRD Conditions for Coverage Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance Senator Pete Stark, Ranking Member, Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health

November 6, 2003

	Press Release Grassley Urges Improvements in Quality of Care for Kidney Patients Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), US Senate, Chairman, Committee on Finance

October 8, 2003

	DIALYSIS FACILITIES: Problems Remain in Ensuring Compliance with Medicare Quality Standards General Accountability Office GAO-04-63

August 2000

	Monitoring Quality in the Dialysis Unit: Is It Enough? GAO, OIG, Reports Looks for Government Scrutiny, Find Little; Is the Fox Guarding the Hen House?, Mark E. Neumann Permission Granted: Posted with permission from Nephrology New & Issues, 2000 Aug;14(9):11-2

June 26, 2000

	Press Release Grassley Works to Improve Oversight of Kidney Dialysis Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), US Senate, Chairman, Special Committee on Aging

June 26, 2000

	Opening Statement Senate Hearing: Kidney Dialysis Patients: A Population at Undue Risk Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), US Senate, Chairman, Special Subcommittee on Aging

June 26, 2000

	Testimony - Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing W. Kenneth Bays, Dialysis Patient, Georgia

June 26, 2000

	Testimony - Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Brent Smith, Dialysis Patient (Deceased), Arizona

June 26, 2000

	Comment - Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Arlene Mullin, Dialysis Patient Advocate, Washington

June 26, 2000

	Testimony - Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing George F. Grob, Deputy Inspector General for Evaluations and Inspections, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

June 26, 2000

	Testimony - Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Medicare Quality of Care: Oversight of Kidney Dialysis Facilities Needs Improvement William J. Scalon, Director, Health Financing and Public Health Issues, Health, Education and Human Services Division General Accountability Office GAO/T-HEHS-00-136

June 26, 2000

	Testimony - Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Terry Bahr, President, National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA)

June 26, 2000

	Testimony - Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing William Owen, Jr., M.D., President, Renal Physicians Association (RPA)

June 26, 2000

	Testimony - Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Jay Wish, Jr., M.D., President, Forum of End Stage Renal Disease Networks

June 26, 2000

	Testimony - Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Jeffrey Kang, M.D., Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Health Care Financing Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

June 26, 2000

	External Quality Review of Dialysis Facilities: A Call for Greater Accountability Office of Inspector General (OIG), US Department of Health and Human Services, June 2000, OEI-01-00050

June 26, 2000

	External Quality Review of Dialysis Facilities: Two Promising Approaches Office of Inspector General (OIG), US Department of Health and Human Services, June 2000, OEI-01-00051

June 26, 2000

	Closing Statement Senate Hearing: Kidney Dialysis Patients: A Population at Undue Risk Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), US Senate, Chairman, Special Committee on Aging

June 20, 2000

	Press Release Grassley Announces Hearing on Kidney Dialysis Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), US Senate Chairman, Special Committee on Aging

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