Conversely, patients with low risk for graft failure can be discharged from the care of their transplant nephrologist and ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced Monday it is extending three tracks within the Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model through 2027. Starting in performance year ...

HHS is considering a new payment model for kidney disease treatments aimed at moving patients to lower-cost sites like their home and increasing access to kidney transplants, according to Reuters.

Research has shown that a kidney transplant improves survival rates and quality of life for the hundreds of thousands of Americans with end-stage renal disease compared to remaining on dialysis.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a six-year mandatory model to increase access to kidney transplants, the agency announced Nov. 26. First proposed in May, the Increasing ...

The intersection of climate change with chronic disease and healthcare infrastructure creates a critical and underreported ...

Researchers uncovered how fatty molecules called ceramides trigger acute kidney injury by damaging the mitochondria that ...

With an estimated 37 million Americans affected by chronic kidney disease, Medicare has launched the Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting (CKCC) model, spotlighting the importance of proactive, ...