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(14) --- ![Search website](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/hubfs/healthmap_2021/search_icon.svg)Search Search ![Search website](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/hubfs/healthmap_2021/search_icon.svg) [![Healthmap](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/hubfs/healthmap_2021/Healthmap_Logo_RGB.svg)](https://healthmapsolutions.com/) - About Healthmap - [Mission, Vision, Values](https://healthmapsolutions.com/mission-vision-values/) - [About Us](https://healthmapsolutions.com/about-us/) - [Leadership Team](https://healthmapsolutions.com/leadership-team/) - [For Payers](https://healthmapsolutions.com/for-payers/) - [CKD Diagnostic Tool](https://hub.healthmapsolutions.com/ckd-diagnostic-calculator) - [For Providers](https://healthmapsolutions.com/for-providers/) - [For Patients](https://hub.healthmapsolutions.com/for-patients) - [Patient Resources](https://hub.healthmapsolutions.com/patient-resources) - [Careers](https://jobs.jobvite.com/healthmapsolutions) - [News & Views](https://hub.healthmapsolutions.com/news-views) - [Blog](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog) - [Press Releases](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/press-releases) - [Podcasts](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/podcast) [CONTACT US](https://hub.healthmapsolutions.com/contact) [About Healthmap](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/page/14#collapse_1) [Mission, Vision, Values](https://healthmapsolutions.com/mission-vision-values/) [About Us](https://healthmapsolutions.com/about-us/) [Leadership Team](https://healthmapsolutions.com/leadership-team/) [For Payers](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/page/14#collapse_2) [CKD Diagnostic Tool](https://hub.healthmapsolutions.com/ckd-diagnostic-calculator) [For Providers](https://healthmapsolutions.com/for-providers/) [For Patients](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/page/14#collapse_4) [Patient Resources](https://hub.healthmapsolutions.com/patient-resources) [Careers](https://jobs.jobvite.com/healthmapsolutions) [News & Views](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/page/14#collapse_6) [Blog](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog) [Press Releases](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/press-releases) [Podcasts](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/podcast) [CONTACT US](https://hub.healthmapsolutions.com/contact) - [Facebook F](https://www.facebook.com/healthmapsolutions) - [twitter](https://twitter.com/healthmapcare) - [LinkedIn In](https://www.linkedin.com/company/healthmap-solutions-llc) Start your journey to better health with Healthmap Solutions! Explore helpful patient resources and tools: [CLICK HERE](https://hub.healthmapsolutions.com/patient-resources) # Healthmap Blog The latest insights on kidney health management [Healthmap Blog](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog) [Press Releases](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/press-releases) [Healthmap Podcasts](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/podcast) [COVID-19 and the Kidneys](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/covid-19-and-the-kidneys) Significant research has been published over the last few years indicating a link between COVID-19 and Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/covid-19-and-the-kidneys) [World Kidney Day: Kidney Health for All](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/world-kidney-day-kidney-health-for-all) March is National Kidney Month, time to generate awareness for the importance of kidney health and to reduce the instances and severity of CKD. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/world-kidney-day-kidney-health-for-all) [National Kidney Month Kickoff](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/national-kidney-month-kickoff) March is National Kidney Month, time to generate awareness for the importance of kidney health and to reduce the instances and severity of CKD. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/national-kidney-month-kickoff) [Altering COVID-19 Survival to Chronic Condition Trajectory](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/altering-covid-19-survival-to-chronic-condition-trajectory) Our health plan partners are engaged with us in the effort to reduce the toll kidney disease takes on patients, providers and the healthcare system. Including COVID-19 survivors who are at risk for kidney disease is an important and necessary step in this effort. If you are looking for a partner to work with your health plan, contact us. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/altering-covid-19-survival-to-chronic-condition-trajectory) [Living Well with Kidney Disease: Making Mental Health a Priority](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/living-well-with-kidney-disease-making-mental-health-a-priority) Those struggling with untreated mental health conditions and kidney disease encounter unique challenges. Learn more. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/living-well-with-kidney-disease-making-mental-health-a-priority) [It is Time to Bring Kidney Care into the 21st Century](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/it-is-time-to-bring-kidney-care-into-the-21st-century) Kidney disease is life-altering for patients and families, complex for providers to treat, and costly for health plans to cover. It doesn’t have to be this way. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/it-is-time-to-bring-kidney-care-into-the-21st-century) [It’s National Heart Month….So Why are We Talking About the Kidneys?](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/its-national-heart-month-.so-why-are-we-talking-about-the-kidneys) February is American Heart Month and this year the focus is on hypertension, often referred to as high blood pressure. In the U.S., 30.3 million American adults have been diagnosed with heart disease , the leading cause of death in our country—and across the world, for men and women of all races. One of the major risk factors for developing heart disease is hypertension, a condition that affects 33.2%, of Americans aged 20+, and only one in four have the condition under control. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/its-national-heart-month-.so-why-are-we-talking-about-the-kidneys) [In-Home Dialysis: A Critical Key to Supporting High-Risk, High-Cost Kidney Disease Populations](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/in-home-dialysis-key-to-supporting-kidney-disease-populations) The costly status quo for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients is to automatically send them to in-center dialysis treatment. However, in-home dialysis represents one of the greatest opportunities to improve care, outcomes, member experience, and better manage cost. Healthmap Solutions’ Kidney Health Management (KHM) program guides providers and patients to in-home dialysis treatment. We’re currently working with national, regional, and local health plan clients to increase in-home dialysis adoption among their ERSD patient populations. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/in-home-dialysis-key-to-supporting-kidney-disease-populations) [The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Announces End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) Model](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/cms-final-esrd-etc-model) On September 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it had “finalized the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) Model, to improve or maintain the quality of care and reduce Medicare expenditures for patients with chronic kidney disease. The ETC Model delivers on the Executive Order, “Advancing American Kidney Health” and encourages an increased use of home dialysis and kidney transplants to help improve the quality of life of Medicare beneficiaries with ESRD. The ETC Model will impact approximately 30 percent of kidney care providers and will be implemented on January 1, 2021 at an estimated savings of $23 million over five and a half years”. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/cms-final-esrd-etc-model) [In-Home Dialysis: Better Outcomes, Patient Experience and Costs](https://news.healthmapsolutions.com/blog/in-home-dialysis-better-outcomes-patient-experience-and-costs-0) For ESRD patients, in-center dialysis has been the paradigm for dialysis management.. Of the number of newly diagnosed ESRD patients, 33% may have received little to no pre-ESRD nephrology care, and often “crash” into dialysis when renal failure drives them to the ER. For the majority of these patients, who are often unaware of their disease, overwhelmed by their diagnosis, and unaware of their options, in-center dialysis became the only option and today, continues to be the modality of choice. 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