PinnedMedicare Needs Reimbursement Stability for Vascular AccessI am a dialysis patient advocate because I want to give kidney patients their voice and their choice in kidney disease treatment. I have lived through the experience of a loved one who needed access to survive. My late husband was a pioneer, best known for dialyzing along with 3…Dialysis3 min readDialysis3 min read
Apr 14Continued Health Inequity for Dialysis PatientsA recent CDC report provides more powerful evidence of the persistent inequities that exist in our health care system for vulnerable dialysis patients. …3 min read3 min read
Oct 6, 2022Unless Congress Acts Clinical Labor Cuts Will Worsen Health Outcomes for Dialysis PatientsAs someone who has dedicated her life to advocating for dialysis patients, it was an honor to participate in the United Specialists for Patient Access virtual lobbying day on behalf of the Dialysis Vascular Access Coalition. …3 min read3 min read
Aug 9, 2022Dialysis patients’ access to care is being threatenedThere is a healthcare access crisis in this country due to consolidation of healthcare facilities, which is being exacerbated by a workforce shortage and the lingering effects of COVID-19. The situation will only become more dire with a new proposal from the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that…3 min read3 min read
Dec 6, 2021Dialysis Patients Shouldn’t Be Forced to Make “Inhuman” ChoiceOn March 25, 1966, at a press conference in Chicago before his speech at the second convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights, Martin Luther King Jr declared: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman.” He was speaking, of…Vascularaccessdevice5 min readVascularaccessdevice5 min read
