RPA 2008 Annual Meeting: The Future is Your Business.   
(Slide/audio and lecture handouts; no transcripts). Free for RPA members.

General Session VI
Revaluation of the G-codes - Update on the Physician Payment Survey (Robert Kossmann, MD, PC, FACP, FASN)
Creating Innovation Out of Conformity: Implementing Clinical Practice Guidelines (Richard Goldman, MD)
PQRI: The Decision Making Process (Suzanne Przybyla)
PQRI: The Decision Making Process (David Raskin, MD)
PQRI: The Decision Making Process (Lisa Simonton)

General Session V
Louis Diamond Lecture: Is Decision Support Software Worth the Investment? (Mark Graber, MD)
Good Medical Practice-USA: Establishing Physician Competency (David Watt, MD, PhD, MPA)

General Session IV
The Janus Face of Close Partnership with Industry (Nathan Levin, MD)
Clear Separation will lead to best care for patients (Jonathan Himmelfarb, MD)

General Session III
Herding Cats: How to Manage Physicians' Teamwork (Susan Diamond, MD)

General Session II
ESA Payment Update: Where Knowledge Meets Politics (Alan Nissenson, MD)
Value and Courage in Politics: Nephrology Reaches Farther (Rebecca Schmidt, MD)
Value and Courage in Politics: Nephrology Reaches Farther (Larry Lehrner, MD)

General Session I
RPA: Year in Review (Alan Kliger, MD)
RPA's Advocacy Agenda (Robert Blaser, MD)
Brian Ling Lecture: Pay for Performance is Here! Lessons of success from Medicare Physician Payment Demonstration Project (Karl Ulrich, MD)

RPA  


Updated: November 21, 2008 (N21)
N21 Dialysis Compare website will now report patients with Hb above 12 as well as below 10 g/dL and will also change how patient survival is reported.
N21 MMWR: Survey of implementation of hepatitis B vaccination at birth in various countries
N20 Bill Peckham blogs about Sen. Daschle and what his appointment as HHS secretary might mean for CKD care.
N19 Did you know that your prescribing history is for sale? Fed appeals court supports NH law banning the practice.
N18 CDC updates guidelines for disinfection and sterilization in health care facilities.
N18 AAKP announces the death of its former Executive Director and CEO Kris Robinson
N18 AMA: Obama win accelerates drive for health care reform.
N18 NY Times article highlights growing burden of CKD.
N17 Network 9/10 and RPA sponsored symposia on Conditions for Coverage and Medical Director Responsibilities
N13 Sen.Baucus unveils Universal Health Care proposal
N06 MMWR: CDC recommendations against multiple puncture of parenteral medication vials.
N06 CMS announces Open Door Forum on CrownWeb and Dialysis Facility Compare on Nov 19.
N06 KDOQI announces expansion plans
O29 Comments on KDIGO guidelines on prevention and treatment of hepatitis C in CKD.
O28 Market research firm releases reports detailing changes in management of anemia, phosphate, and PTH.
General Advances Emphasis
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Explaining and Correcting PD Underutilization (Madhukar Misra, MD; John Burkart, MD; Allen R. Nissenson, MD, FACP; Irum Shahab, MD; Martin Schreiber, MD; Rajnish Mehrotra, MD, MBBS; Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACP; Martin Schreiber, MD) ADC 2006 (audiofiles)
Nursing Home Dialysis: A Primer (Stephen Korbet, MD; Steven Bucher, CPA, MBA) ADC 2006 (audiofiles)
International Conference on Dialysis (Various speakers) RRI 2006 (handouts)
RPA 2006 Annual Meeting (Various) RPA 2006
International Conference on Dialysis (Various speakers) RRI 2005 (audiofiles)
RPA 2005 Annual Meeting (Various) RPA 2005

Reimbursement and economic factors influencing dialysis modality choice around the world (Just PM et al) NDT - Jul - 08
Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement Ann Intern Med (Jun 2008)
Urinalysis: core curriculum 2008 Am J Kidney Dis (Jun 2008)
Comparative mortality of hemodialysis patients at for-profit and not-for-profit dialysis facilities in the United States, 1998 to 2003: A retrospective analysis BMC Nephrology (Jun 2008)
ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities Circulation (May 2008)
Staging of chronic kidney disease: time for a course correction J Am Soc Nephrol (May 2008)
Managing preexisting diabetes for pregnancy: summary of evidence and consensus recommendations for care Diabet Care (May 2008)
Trends in organ donation and transplantation in the United States, 1997-2006 Am J Transplant (Apr 2008)
Effect of the Italian smoking ban on population rates of acute coronary events Circulation (Mar 2008)
Primary care-based disease management of chronic kidney disease (CKD), based on estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) reporting, improves patient outcomes Nephrol Dial Transplant (Feb 2008)
The optimal hemoglobin in dialysis patients -- a critical review Semin Dial (Feb 2008)
Safety of magnetic resonance imaging in patients with cardiovascular devices: An American Heart Association Scientific Statement (Levin et al) Circulation (Dec 2007)
Evidence for the Reaffirmation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation on Screening for High Blood Pressure (Wolff et al) Ann Intern Med (Dec 2007
Outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease referred late to nephrologists: a meta-analysis (Chan et al) Am J Med (Dec 2007)
Long term pharmacotherapy for obesity and overweight: updated meta-analysis (Rucker et al) Brit Med J (Dec 2007)
What nephrologists need to know about gadolinium (Penfield et al) Nature Clin Pract Nephrol (Dec 2007)
Mechanism of increased mortality risk with erythropoietin treatment to higher hemoglobin targets (Fishbane et al) Clin J Amer Soc Nephrol (Nov 2007)
Prevention of Infective Endocarditis: Guidelines From the American Heart Association and other organizations (Wilson et al) Circulation (Oct 2007)
House Passes Major Changes in ESRD Program (King et al) Dial Transplant 10-07
Nonpayment for performance? Medicare's new reimbursement rule (Rosenthal) New Engl J Med (Oct 2007)
Latest U.S. KDOQI anaemia guidelines update-what are the implications for Europe? (MacDougall et al) Nephrol Dial Transplant (Oct 2007)
Benefits and harms of antidiabetic agents in patients with diabetes and heart failure: systematic review (Eurich et al) Brit Med J (Sep 2007)
Clinical trial registration: looking back and moving ahead (Laine et al) Ann Intern Med (Aug 2007)
Organ donation after cardiac death (Steinbrook) N Engl J Med (Jul 2007)
Should the Medicare ESRD Program Pay for Daily Dialysis? An Ethical Analysis (Ananttharaman P, Moss AH) Adv CKD (Jul 07)
Checklist: Passport, plane ticket, organ transplant (Bramstedt et al) Am J Transplant (Jul 2007)
Gadolinium use in patients with kidney disease: A cause for concern Semin Dial 05-07
Starting a home hemodialysis program (Moran and Kraus) Sem Dial (02-07)
The ESRD uninsured matter (Williams) Adv CKD (02-2007)
Major Difficulties the US Nephrologist Faces in Providing Adequate Dialysis (Diaz-Buxo and Crawford-Bonadio) Blood Purification 01-07
Understanding recent haemoglobin trials in CKD: methods and lesson learned from CREATE and CHOIR NDT (02-07)
The ESRD uninsured matter (Williams ME). Adv Chronic Kidney Dis (01-07)
International differences in dialysis mortality reflect background general population atherosclerotic cardiovascular mortality. (Yoshino et al.) JASN 12-06
Should dialysis patients ever receive warfarin and for what reasons? (Bennett) CJASN 11-06
Dialysis facility design - Part IV: Color, sound, and materials (Steven B. Bower) Dial Transplant 11-06
Dialysis facility design - part III: How to outfit an existing building for use as a dialysis clinic (Steven B. Bower) Dial Transplant 10-06
Dialysis facility design - part II: Minimize costly plan changes (Steven B. Bower) Dial Transplant 09-06
Dialysis facility design - part I: Developing a strategic and financial plan (Steven B. Bower) Dial Transplant 08-06
Lessons for Medicare Part D in the hemodialysis community (Nayeem, Chertow) BMC Nephrology 07-06
Policy, Quality Links
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HDCN Topic Pages (KEY)
Cost, QA in CKD, ESRD