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August 27, 2010
The 2009 MARC Annual Report is now available for download.
August 20, 2010
As of June 2010, Network 5's AV fistula rate was 53%! Learn more about the Fistula First project.
August 18, 2010
A new guide on Finances has been added to the patient education series
Chronic Kidney Failure (CKF): A Guide To Better Living. Click here to download the guide for free.
June 14, 2010
The 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program is now available to facilities in eight (8) of the 18 End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network areas. To learn more, download the 5-Diamond brochure.
April 19 , 2010
As of February 2010, Network 5's AV fistula rate was 51.4%! Learn more about the Fistula First project.
March 22 , 2010
As of January 2010, Network 5's AV fistula rate was 51.3%! Learn more about the Fistula First project.
February 24 , 2010
As of December 2009, Network 5's AV fistula rate was 50.8%! Learn more about the Fistula First project.
February 10 , 2010
Network 5 Winter Weather Alert
January 29 , 2010
As of November 2009, Network 5's AV fistula rate was 50.9%! Learn more about the Fistula First project.
January 13, 2010
Fistula Awareness Week is February 1-5, 2010. Learn more about this important week.
December 30 , 2009
As of October 2009, Network 5's AV fistula rate was 50.8%! Learn more about the Fistula First project.
October 30, 2009
CMS approves State and National Certification Programs for Patient Care Technicians (PCTs) under the new ESRD Conditions for Coverage.
October 15, 2009
As of August 2009, Network 5's AV fistula rate was 50.5%! Learn more about the Fistula First project.
October 12, 2009
As of July 2009, Network 5's AV fistula rate was 49.7%! Learn more about the Fistula First project.
September 24, 2009
CMS notifies ESRD facilities about the recalculation of the Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) on the Dialysis Facility Reports (DFRs).
September 4, 2009
CMS releases Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Wave One related to the ESRD Conditions for Coverage.
Newsletters
MARC produces a number of informational newsletters for physicians, dialysis facility staff, and patients. You can download the most recent issues below. For prior years, visit our newsletter archive. You may also sign up to receive newsletters via email.
REMARCS
Quick Tips - Conditions for Coverage
INFORMED
Patient REMARCS
Patient Coordinator REMARCS
Quality REMARCS Archive (prior to October 2006)
Data REMARCS Archive (prior to October 2006)
Transplant REMARCS Archive (prior to October 2006)
Social Work REMARCS Archive (prior to October 2006)
REMARCS
The REMARCS newsletter is a general newsletter that is distributed quarterly to dialysis facility staff. It provides information on current and upcoming Network 5 activities. In October 2006, the Quality REMARCS, Data REMARCS, Transplant REMARCS, and Social Work REMARCS newsletters were all integrated into one comprehensive REMARCS newsletter.
August 2010
July 2010 Special Issue: Emergency Preparedness
May 2010
February 2010
November 2009
August 2009
May 2009
February 2009
Quick Tips - Conditions for Coverage
Quick Tips is a weekly electronic newsletter, developed in September 2008, to provide information to dialysis providers on the Medicare Conditions for Coverage related to ESRD services, which became effective on October 14, 2008.
Immunization Status (11/20/08)
Transplantation Status (11/13/08)
Patient Care Technicians (10/30/08)
Personnel Qualifications (10/23/08)
Infection Control (10/16/08)
Advance Care Planning (10/8/08)
Patient Assessment and Plan of Care (10/2/08)
Quality Assessment
and Performance Improvement (QAPI) (9/26/08)
Medical Director Responsibilities (9/18/08)
CROWNWeb (9/11/08)
Emergency Preparedness (9/3/08)
Information Network FOR Medical Directors (INFORMED)
INFORMED was developed in April 1998 as a part of the Mid-Atlantic Renal Coalition's commitment to improve adequacy and engage physicians in Network activities. INFORMED is an electronic newsletter designed to increase information exchange with Network 5 medical directors and practicing nephrologists. The goal is to provide current information that will benefit practices and patients in the Network area.
*The INFORMED newsletter was discontinued in April 2009. Information for Medical Directors is now included in the bi-weekly MARC e-lerts electronic newsletter. You may sign up to recieve MARC e-lerts via email.
2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
Patient REMARCS and
Patient Coordinator REMARCS
Patient REMARCS is a newsletter for patients. Copies are sent semi-annually to dialysis facility staff to distribute to patients. To decrease waste, facilities are sent patient half-counts. If you would like to receive a full-count (a copy for each of your patients), please contact Renée Bova-Collis.
Patient Coordinator REMARCS is a newsletter sent to each facility's Patient Coordinator twice per year. Each Patient Coordinator is asked to make it available to other patients.
Topics in each newsletter include information about patient issues such as:
- Traveling
- Educational opportunities
- Improving dialysis
- Working while on dialysis
- Transplantation
- Resources
- Feature articles written by patients
Patient REMARCS
Summer 2010
Fall 2009
Fall 2009 - Special Edition
Spring 2009
Fall 2008
Spring 2008
Patient Coordinator REMARCS
Winter 2010
Summer 2009
Winter 2009
Summer 2008
Fall 2007
Go to Patient Coordinator REMARCS Archive
Newsletters are presented in Adobe PDF format.
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