Welcome!
New and Noteworthy
- Conditions for Coverage (CfC) require use of CROWNWeb by February 1, 2009. The new CfC will require dialysis provides to use CROWNWeb for submission and maintenance of electronic patient and provider records. Download complete details. [PDF, 4pages, 52KB]
- BONENT Adds Computer Based Testing & More than 175 New Locations. With the new federally-mandated certification regulations passed in April 2008, the Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing Technology (BONENT) has taken steps to accommodate the large pool of nephrology technicians who need to obtain certification by April 2010. Click here for details. [PDF, 80KB]
Conditions for Coverage (and related documents)
- ESRD Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) Final Rule
- Delivery of Dialysis Treatment Within the Long-Term Care Facility (2006) [PDF, 1.56M]
- Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients or download [PDF version, 63 pages/386KB]
Upcoming Network Meetings
- DPC WebEx Training - September 18 or November 12, 2008
- 2008 Fall Pediatric Renal Sympoisum - September 25 and 26, 2008
- WebEX Data Compliance Trainings
- Save the Date -
- 2009 Network Council Meeting, Monday, March 9, Indianapolis Westin Hotel
- 2009 Nephrology Conference, Tuesday, March 9 - Wednesday, March 10, Indianapolis Westin Hotel.
Network Reports and Documents
Alerts
- FDA MedWatch - B. Braun's Supplier Recall of Heparin (3.21.08)
- CDC Update to Recall of Baxter Heparin (1.19.08)
- Urgent Recall of Baxter Heparin (1.17.08) [PDF, 1.2M]
- FDA Revises Recommendations Regarding ESAs - Full details for dosing and monitoring patients using ESAscan be found on the FDA Web site.