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Support VA Research: Contact Your Members of Congress
May 13-17 is National VA Research Week. This year's theme is "VA Research Inspires." ASN strongly supports the VA research mission and wants to highlight its critical role in advancing medical science and quality care for America's veterans.
The VA maintains a comprehensive research portfolio aimed at advancing the treatment of kidney failure, as well as preventing and slowing the progression of kidney disease.
Please help ASN by taking a minute to send an email asking your members of Congress to support the VA's research needs in 2014.
Posted: Wednesday, May 15 @ 11:22 AM
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NIH Explains How Budget Cuts Will Affect Funding in 2013
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) released guidance early May about how they plan to implement mandated sequestration cuts of approximately 5% in 2013.
ASN remains committed to protecting NIH, NIDDK, and the rest of the medical research enterprise from more cuts under sequestration. The society needs your help. Please email your members of Congress today.
Posted: Wednesday, May 15 @ 11:18 AM
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ASN Goes to the Hill: Contact Your Members of Congress
Continuing ASN's annual tradition, ASN leaders went to Capitol Hill for Kidney Health Advocacy Day on April 25, 2013. Please contact Congress and help build support for pending transplant legislation and medical research funding, two of the society's top legislative priorities.
Posted: Monday, April 22 @ 6:42 PM
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Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Bill Introduced in the Senate
United States Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve the quality of life for people with kidney disease. The Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act would assist thousands of Americans under the age of 65 who are being cut off from Medicare after 36 months by extending coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients.
Posted: Thursday, February 14 @ 5:18 PM
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HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act Legislation Introduced in the Senate
United States Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) introduced the HOPE Act (HIV Organ Policy Equity Act), legislation that would end the federal ban on federal research into organ donations from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive recipients. The bipartisan measure would open a pathway to the eventual transplantation of these organs, offering hope to thousands of HIV-positive patients who are currently on waiting lists for life-saving organs.
Posted: Thursday, February 14 @ 1:22 PM
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Recommendations to CMMI for Integrated Care Pilot Program
Recommendations from ASN and eight other patient and health professional organizations to CMS and CMMI for a potential integrated nephrology care delivery pilot program.
Posted: Monday, October 22 @ 12:41 PM
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ASN Announces a New Partnership with the FDA
The Kidney Health Initiative (KHI) will advance scientific understanding of the patient safety and treatment implications of new and existing medical products.
Posted: Thursday, September 27 @ 10:58 AM
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QIP Proposed Rule: ASN Comments
Read ASN's response to CMS' proposed changes and additions to the ESRD Quality Incentive Program.
Posted: Tuesday, September 11 @ 6:23 PM
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NIH Advocacy Day | June 20, 2012
On Wednesday, June 20, 2012, ASN President-Elect Bruce A. Molitoris, MD, FASN and ASN Research Advocacy Committee members participated in the society's first-ever "NIH Advocacy Day."
Posted: Friday, August 03 @ 4:06 PM
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Kidney Disease Research Congressional Briefing | June 19, 2012
On Tuesday, June 19, 2012, ASN co-sponsored a congressional briefing on the importance and value of kidney disease research.
Posted: Friday, August 03 @ 4:00 PM
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SGR Reform: ASN Letter to Ways and Means Committee
ASN responds to a request from the Committee on Ways and Means for input into possible alternative payment models to replace the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR).
Posted: Wednesday, May 30 @ 12:35 PM
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