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  May 22, 2013
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bullet point U.S. Renal Care Pays $7.3 Million To Settle Billing Fraud Case Brought by Nurse-Whistleblower
Press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Press release from Phillips & Cohen LLP. News item from The Dallas Morning News.

"The False Claims Act allows private citizens to sue companies that are defrauding the government as a way to recover funds on the government's behalf. The law rewards whistleblowers with 15 percent to 25 percent of the recovery when the government joins the whistleblower lawsuit."
bullet point After Telling CMS To Cut Dialysis Pay, Senators Urge CMS Not To Cut Too Deeply
See "Latest News" column on the InsideHealthPolicy.com home page. Annoucement and letter via Afro.com.

"A bipartisan group of 17 senators on Tuesday (May 21) urged CMS to avoid deep payment cuts to dialysis facilities, even though the fiscal-cliff deal directs CMS to scale back dialysis pay."
bullet point Overruns Forcing Lower Payments to Some Providers in Stopgap Health Program
Article from The New York Times.

"The government will not set payment rates for prescription drugs, organ transplants or kidney dialysis. Officials did not say why those items and services had been exempted."
bullet point Coverage of the ERA-EDTA 2013
Articles from Renal & Urology News.
bullet point The Joint Commission Launches Educational Campaign on Adult Depression
Press release and materials from The Joint Commission.
bullet point Study Links Chemicals (Phthalates) Widely Found in Plastics and Processed Food to Elevated Blood Pressure in Children and Teens
Press release from NYU School of Medicine.
bullet point Amag Investigates Anemia Drug After Report of Death in Switzerland
Article from Reuters.
bullet point The Uremic Toxin Acrolein Promotes Suicidal Erythrocyte Death
Free, full-text, Issue-in-Progress article from Kidney & Blood Pressure Research.
bullet point Urinary Biomarkers and Acute Kidney Injury in Children: The Long Road to Clinical Application
Free, full-text, Online First editorial commentary from Pediatric Nephrology.
bullet point Socioeconomic, Demographic and Policy Comparisons of Living and Deceased Kidney Transplantation Rates Across 53 Countries
Accepted Article abstract from Nephrology.
bullet point Tennessee Pharmacist Admits Misbranding Dialysis Drugs
bullet point NxStage Announces New Agreements with DaVita
bullet point DaVita Announces Secret Algorithm To Predict Transfusion Risk
bullet point Fresenius Medical Care Sues Illinois Health Board to Reverse Decision on Dialysis Facility Approval
bullet point WEBEX: May 28, 2013 Patient Engagement from the Patient Perspective
bullet point Better Care Not Always Better Business
Article from Healthcare IT News.

"A provider generally functions as a profit-driven business, and if the consumer remains unable to compare hospital prices and outcomes, the chances of crafting effective incentives to improve quality and reduce costs are effectively nearing zilch."
bullet point Podcast: Why We All Need a Patient Advocate
"Take 5" audio (mp3) recording from The Joint Commission.
bullet point Accuracy of Blood Glucose Meters Draws Scrutiny
Posting from the KHN blog.
bullet point Heart Disease Death Not as Pervasive as Reported
Article from MedPage Today. Press release and full-text article from BMJ.
bullet point Antidepressants May Be Helpful for Some Heart Patients
bullet point Overruns Forcing Lower Payments to Some Providers in Stopgap Health Program
Article from The New York Times.

"The government will not set payment rates for prescription drugs, organ transplants or kidney dialysis. Officials did not say why those items and services had been exempted."

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