ASN Press Releases: 2025
Latest Release: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN HOME DIALYSIS PROGRAM
Monday, April 28, 2025
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is designing a pilot Centers of Excellence in Home Dialysis program intended to recognize health care organizations that meet or exceed national standards and evidence-based guidelines in the care and treatment of people on home dialysis. The program's goal is to enhance patient outcomes while increasing access to home modalities and strengthening the infrastructure of home dialysis programs in North America
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- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY CALLS ON CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE LEGISLATION AND INCREASE FUNDING FOR KIDNEY DISEASES
• Today, leaders of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) are meeting with Congress to continue the process of modernizing the US transplant system, improving efficiency, transparency, and technology to better support the more than 100,000 Americans waiting for an organ transplant. • ASN is advocating for a $67 million appropriation for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Organ Transplant Program in Fiscal Year 2026. • ASN champions the Honor Our Living Donors Act, a bill to simplify the process by which living donors can have the costs associated with donating a kidney offset. • ASN is also calling for $25 million in funding for KidneyX to continue to catalyze the development of better preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic tools to manage kidney diseases
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 - AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY COMMENDS SENATORS BOOZMAN AND LUJÁN FOR CHAMPIONING THE HONOR OUR LIVING DONORS (HOLD) ACT
Washington, DC (March 12, 2025) – The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) commends Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) for introducing legislation to better support living donors, the Honor Our Living Donors (HOLD) Act.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 - AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY RELEASES KIDNEY HEALTH GUIDANCE ON THE OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DIALYSIS-REQUIRING ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) today released the ASN Kidney Health Guidance on the Outpatient Management of Patients with Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
Thursday, February 27, 2025 - Joint Statement from ASN, ERA, and ISN: Announcing the ASN-ERA-ISN Kidney Support Initiative
The leadership of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the European Renal Association (ERA), and the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) launched the ASN-ERA-ISN Kidney Support Initiative in December 2023.
Tuesday, February 18, 2025