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  • Trump orders overhaul of organ transplant and kidney dialysis systems

    07/10/2019 8:37:48 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 21 replies
    Washington Post ^ | July 10 at 10:04 AM | Lenny Bernstein / Kimberly Kindy
    The initiatives Trump is scheduled to outline include five new payment models to encourage doctors to treat patients earlier and encourage home peritoneal dialysis; a crackdown on some of the 58 non-profit organizations that do a poor job of collecting organs for transplant; and a public awareness campaign aimed at patients. About 40 percent of people with kidney disease do not know they have it, officials said. In the United States, most people receive hemodialysis, a treatment that requires a device to filter waste and toxins from their blood. Most receive it in clinics or private facilities that serve dozens...