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Florida State Medical Association Presses Medicare to Scrap Dialysis Plan; African American Kidney Patients Would Be Hardest Hit By Proposal to Curb Treatment and Access to Medication
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Florida State
Medical Association (FSMA) today urged the insurance company that
administers Medicare in Florida to scrap a proposal that would limit
kidney dialysis patients' access to necessary vitamin D therapy,
noting that a similar policy has just been abandoned in North
Carolina.
"We strongly oppose this policy and urge you to withdraw it
immediately," wrote FSMA President Spurgeon W. McWilliams, M.D., in a
letter to Sidney Sewel...
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Sen. Prentiss Challenges Medicare Policy Restricting Care For Dialysis Patients
U.S. Newswire
; COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sen. C.J. Prentiss has strongly criticized a proposed Medicare policy that would deny reimbursement for a medication currently being used by more than three-quarters of the dialysis patients who require vitamin D therapy. "Dialysis patients are among the
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NKF Denounces Proposed Medicare Policy in Va.; Agency's Insurance Carrier Would Restrict Medication For Dialysis Patients
U.S. Newswire
; RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) of the Virginias today strongly criticized an insurance company that administers Medicare for proposing a policy that would restrict access in Virginia to the most widely used medication for kidney dialysis patients who
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Senator Says Medicare Policy Could Harm Dialysis Patients in Kentucky
U.S. Newswire
; FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new Medicare proposal restricting access to the most widely used medication for kidney dialysis patients who need vitamin D therapy has the potential to harm patients, Kentucky Senate President Pro Tem Richard L. "Dick" Roeding (R-Lakeside Park) said
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African American Doctors Denounce Medicare Proposal Deemed Harmful to Dialysis Patients in Texas and Florida
U.S. Newswire
; WASHINGTON, May 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- At a public meeting in Dallas, the Chairman of the National Medical Association strongly condemned a proposal by local Medicare officials that would effectively deny dialysis patients a medication critical to their treatment. The proposal by the insurance
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African American Doctors Denounce Medicare Proposal Deemed Harmful to Dialysis Patients in Texas and Louisiana
U.S. Newswire
; WASHINGTON, May 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- At a public meeting in Dallas, the chairman of the National Medical Association strongly condemned a proposal by local Medicare officials that would effectively deny dialysis patients a medication critical to their treatment. The proposal by the insurance
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NKF of Ohio Denounces Proposed Medicare Policy ; Agency's Insurance Carrier Would Restrict Treatment For Dialysis Patients
U.S. Newswire
; COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Kidney Foundation of Ohio today strongly criticized an insurance company that administers Medicare benefits for proposing a policy that would restrict access to vitamin D therapy for dialysis patients in Ohio. The draft policy by AdminaStar
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National Black Caucus of State Legislators Criticizes Florida Medicare Policy for Dialysis Patients
U.S. Newswire
; TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Florida's African American legislators said today that a resolution passed by their national organization should further encourage Florida's Medicare administrator to withdraw a draft policy that could threaten the health of kidney dialysis patients by
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NMA Denounces Medicare Policy That Discriminates Against Kidney Dialysis Patients in South Carolina
U.S. Newswire
; WASHINGTON, July 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The president-elect of the National Medical Association said Thursday it was "outrageous and indefensible" that South Carolina is the only state in the nation where Medicare does not reimburse for a prescription drug shown by a new study to help kidney
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Fluoride Blamed in 3 Deaths // Traces Found in Blood of U. of C. Dialysis Patients
Chicago Sun-Times
; Fluoride poisoning was blamed Friday in the July 16 deaths of three dialysis patients at the University of Chicago Hospitals. Hospital spokeswoman Susan Phillips said symptoms suffered by the victims - and by six other dialysis patients who developed symptoms similar to allergic reactions - "were
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Study by Harvard Researcher in New England Journal of Medicine on Survival of Kidney Dialysis Patients to be Unveiled Thursday, July 31
U.S. Newswire
; News Advisory: -- Study Has Consequences for African Americans, Especially in South Carolina; Leader of National Medical Association ... African-American patients, the difference was even more striking: a three-year survival rate 22 percent higher. This is good news for kidney patients, except in South Carolina. It ...
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