March Announcements

• Home Dialysis: HDC has published a March 3, 2022 blog post on In Case You Missed It—The 2021 USRDS Annual Report Has a New Chapter on Home Dialysis. Find it at https://homedialysis.org/news-and-research/blog/476-in-case-you-missed-it-the-2021-usrds-annual-report-has-a-new-chapter-on-home-dialysis.
• Staff Safety: The National Academy of Medicine has published a web page on Resource Compendium for Health Care Worker Well-Being. Find it at https://nam.edu/compendium-of-key-resources-for-improving-clinician-well-being/.
• Recorded AAKP HealthLine webinar: Raising Awareness of CKD in Minority Communities, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBAi1Y-WPQ4.
• March:
  • National Kidney Month. Find more information at https://www.dhs.gov/employee-resources/blog/2021/03/25/national-kidney-month.
  • EQRS Bulletin on CMS-2744 Annual ESRD Facility Survey Completion Process. Find details at https://mycrownweb.org/2022/03/cms-2744-annual-esrd-facility-survey-completion-process/.
• March 5-April 3, 2022: NWRD 2022 Annual Conference Recordings. Attendees, Enter Hub at https://www.nwrdonline.org/conference-overview. Non-attendees, buy tickets at https://www.accelevents.com/e/u/checkout/nwrd2022/tickets/order.
• March 10, 2022:
  • World Kidney Day with the theme Bridge the knowledge gap to better kidney care. Fine more information at https://www.worldkidneyday.org/2022-campaign/2022-wkd-theme/.
  • Global UCLA CORE Kidney Health Conference, online. Find details and register at https://uclahs.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zQv54skkSRasvs7ysv5oZw.
  • KDIGO webinar on Interpretation of Genetic Testing Results, Episode 7 of their Genetics in CKD Webinar Series. Find details and register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4530643636231313421.
  • CMS National Training Program Medicare Update & Education Webinar. Find details and register at https://cmsnationaltrainingprogram.cms.gov/moodle/login/index.php.
• March 13, 2022: Donate Life Quilt Workshop. Details at https://www.donatelifenw.org/content/submit-quilt-square; register at https://www.donatelifenw.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=9663&id=9663.
• March 15, 2022:
  • EQRS New User Training. Details and registration at https://mycrownweb.org/pcw_lems/mar-2022-new-user-training/.
  • NKF webinar on Innovations in Kidney Care. Information and registration at https://go.caredx.com/webinar/innovations-in-kidneycare/.
• March 17, 2022: AAKP Healthline webinar on Transplant Silent Rejection, details and registration at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AAKPHealthLine_TGI.
• March 18, 2022: Comment deadline on KDIGO dm Guidelines, on 2022 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diabetes Management in CKD. See https://kdigo.org/guidelines/diabetes-ckd/ for details.
• March 22, 2022: Donate Life New Ambassador Orientation. Details and registration at https://www.donatelifenw.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=9654&id=9654.
• March 24, 2022:
  • EQRS Town Hall. Details and registration at https://mycrownweb.org/2022/03/march-2022-town-hall-2/.
  • AAKP HealthLine on Emerging Therapies, COVID Prevention & the Immunosuppressed. Find details and register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HLWebinarEmergingCOVIDTherapies.
• March 27, 2022: NKF webinar on Transitioning through the phases of the pandemic, Community Education Program. Register at https://kidney.secure.force.com/rc_connect__campaign_designform?id=7013a000003D3cqAAC&form=00P3a00001fHrkeEAC&.
• March 30, 2022: Donate Life Erase the Wait Reunion. Details on the Living Donation Mentorship Program at https://www.donatelifenw.org/content/erase-wait-living-kidney-mentorship-program. Register at https://www.donatelifenw.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=9659&id=9659.
• April is National Donate Life Month. Find information at https://www.donatelifenw.org/content/national-donate-life-month and https://www.donatelife.net/ndlm/.
• April 1, 2022: Donate Life Trivia Night Fundraiser. Details and registration at https://www.donatelifenw.org/content/trivia-night.
• April 3, 2022: NWRD 2022 Annual Conference Recordings – last day to view. See March 5-April 3 above.

11/10+ November Events

• November 10, 2021:
  • Donate Life 301 School Educator Training; information and registration at https://www.donatelifenw.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=9546&id=9546.
  • AAKP HealthLine webinar on Planning a Safe Holiday Season; https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ML9QNHZ.
• November 11, 2021: AAKP HealthLine webinar on Xenotransplantation; https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AAKPHealthLineXenotransplantation.
• November 12, 2021: KDIGO on Slowing Decline in Kidney Function; https://www.clinicalserieslive.com/app/signup/111221_CSL_CME_Glom_Reg/formPage/.
• November 12-14, 2021: Donate Life National Donor Sabbath; https://www.donatelifenw.org/forms/national-donor-sabbath-materials.
• November 13, 2021: Donate Life Lifesavers Breakfast; https://www.donatelifenw.org/content/lifesavers-campaign.
• November 16, 2021: EQRS New User Training; https://mycrownweb.org/pcw_lems/november-2021-new-user-training/.
• November 18, 2021:
  • EQRS Town Hall on PY2022 QIP Preview Period and Reporting Requirements; https://mycrownweb.org/pcw_community_events/november-2021-town-hall/.
  • AAKP HealthLine webinar on genetic testing; https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6141365496566087952.

4/28+ Patient Education

Recently announced Patient Education webinars include:

April 25, 2021: NKF webinar in their The Big Ask-The Big Give series on First Steps to Transplant, for anyone thinking about a kidney transplant or a living donation. Find more information in the poster below, and register at http://kidney.org/BABG-CO-April.

April 28, 2021: AAKP HealthLine webinar on Advances in Transplantation for Highly Sensitized Patients, including patients with multiple transplants, multiple blood transfusions or high antibody levels. Find out more about HealthLine at https://aakp.org/aakp-healthline/, and register for this webinar at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3143395305898309131.

April 28, 2021: SSA WISE (Work Incentive Seminar Event) webinar on Ticket to Work: Healthcare and the Path to Employment, covering how employment and earnings affect benefits, work Incentives related to Medicare and Medicaid, benefits counseling, and Ticket Program services. Find more information and register at https://choosework.ssa.gov/wise.

May 1, 2021: AAKP HealthLine webinar on Are You O-K+? The Importance of Potassium Management & Kidney Disease. Find out more about HealthLine at https://aakp.org/aakp-healthline/, and register for this webinar at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1977918477331372045.

June 4, 2021: AAKP HealthLine webinar on Path to Diagnosis: Understanding Genetic Testing. Find out more about HealthLine at https://aakp.org/aakp-healthline/, and register for this webinar at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4203811598200278540.

2/24 KDIGO on BP, PKD, gd, Genetics, Home Dialysis, et al

The February issue of KDIGO Direct has announced that the KDIGO 2020 Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Blood Pressure in CKD will be published February 24, 2021 online in Kidney International. Print editions will follow in Supplements to Kidney International. See https://kdigo.org/guidelines/blood-pressure-in-ckd/ for more information.

The scope of work for the next KDIGO Guideline, on Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) is ready for review at https://kdigo.org/guidelines/autosomal-dominant-polycystic-kidney-disease-adpkd/. To be considered, feedback must be received by March 1, 2021.

The KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline on Glomerular Diseases will be published online in August 2021, with the print edition in September. Find more information at https://kdigo.org/guidelines/gd/.

Virtual KDIGO Controversies Conferencees are planned for March on Genetics in CKD and May on Home Dialysis. See https://kdigo.org/conferences/genetics-in-ckd/ and https://kdigo.org/conferences/hd/, respectively, for more information.

This KDIGO Direct also includes a number of other announcements. Find it at https://myemail.constantcontact.com/KDIGO-Direct.html?soid=1134196072483&aid=akOiByCv3Ao.

12/21 KDIGO Genetics Controversies Feedback Request

KDIGO is planning a March 2021 Genetics in CKD Controversies Conference, has published a Scope of Work or draft plan for the Conference, and has requested feedback on it by December 21, 2020. The Conference intends to cover issues related to monogenic and complex kidney diseases, applying genetic findings in clinical medicine, and using genomics for defining and stratifying CKD. KDIGO has prepared three webinars to introduce the issues, on Genetics in Kidney Disease, in Glomerular Diseases, and in Hereditary Kidney Diseases. Find more information and links to the Scope of Work, Feedback Form, and webinars at https://kdigo.org/conferences/genetics-in-ckd/.