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CMS Releases Final Rule on ESRD Prospective Payment System for 2023 (CMS-1768-F)

On October 31, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates payment policies and rates under the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment…

March Is National Kidney Month

March is National Kidney Month, and March 9 is World Kidney Day. World Kidney Day is a global campaign to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys to overall health and to reduce the…

KDIGO Releases Updated Guideline on Diabetes Management in CKD

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) released the 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Released 2 years after the first KDIGO…

Spotlighting the Nephrology Nursing Specialty: Interviews with ANNA Leaders

Nephrology Nurses Week is observed in September each year. In 2022, Nephrology Nurses Week was celebrated September 11-17. During this week and throughout the month of September, ANNA leaders and…

KDIGO and ADA Release Consensus Report on Diabetes Management in CKD

On October 3, 2022, Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) released a consensus report addressing diabetes management in chronic kidney disease…

Order Now! New Edition of Nephrology Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice

ANNA has released the ninth edition of the Nephrology Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice. The Nephrology Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice (2022) provides a method of defining the scope of…

NAM Releases Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being, Calls for Action to Address Burnout Crisis

On October 3, 2022, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) released a new publication, National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being, which calls for policy and systems changes to strengthen health…

New Report Examines Inequities in the Organ Transplant System

The National Institutes of Health sponsored a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review the fairness, equity, transparency, and cost-effectiveness in the system…

ANNA Chapters Support Their Communities through ‘Feed Your Kidneys’ Initiative

ANNA introduced the Feed Your Kidneys program as a new way for chapters to celebrate Nephrology Nurses Week in September, which is also Hunger Action Month. Through this intitiative, ANNA funded 11…

Request for Feedback: New ‘My Kidney Life Plan’ Treatment Matcher for Individuals with ESKD

Medical Education Institute (MEI) has released a new beta version of its treatment matcher tool for individuals with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) that features all ESKD treatment options. MEI’s…

CMS Proposes Changes to 2023 Payment Policy for ESRD Facilities, Kidney Care Community Responds

On June 21, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule (CMS 1768-P) to update payment rates and policies under the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective…

ANA Issues Statement on Racial Reckoning

The American Nurses Association (ANA) has apologized for past actions that contributed to systemic racism in a formal Racial Reckoning Statement. In June 2022, the ANA Membership Assembly, the…

New CExpress Programs Available

ANNA has released five new programs in the CExpress educational series, which features brief online sessions designed to be completed in 30 minutes or less. Each CExpress session offers contact hours…

Project Firstline: Infection Prevention and Control Resources for Nurses

ANNA is partnering with the American Nurses Association (ANA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other organizations to disseminate resources on infection prevention and…

NAM Releases National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Clinician Well-Being Collaborative unveiled a national plan to support health workforce well-being on June 24. The plan will enable leaders in health care and…