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The End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) National Coordinating Center (NCC) supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) national goals and Network Quality Improvement Activities (QIAs) through the development and implementation of Expert Team events.
Expert Teams bring groups of providers and specialists at centers of excellence together in regular real-time collaborative sessions. The sessions are designed around case-based learning and mentorship and help local healthcare professionals and clinicians gain the expertise required to provide needed services. Participants gain skills and learn new approaches for applying their knowledge across diverse cultural and geographical contexts.
March 28, 2024
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Matthew Robinson, RN, CDN
Home Therapies Clinical Manager II, Fresenius Kidney Care Gardiner
Case Study Presenters:
- Andre Guedez, MS, RD, LD
Minerva Douglas, RN
Medical Mall Dialysis
Jackson, MS - Jacqui Faidherbe, Facility Administrator
DaVita Hernando
Objectives:
Discuss key components of home dialysis referrals
Examine a pediatirc home dialysis case with successful transition to adult care
Explain a complex comorbid patient trasnition to home dialysis
Recording
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December 21, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Sijie Zheng, MD, PhD, FASN, FNKF
Program Director, Home Dialysis, Assistant Chief Department of Nephrology, Kaiser Permanente East Bay
Case Study Presenters:
Amanda White, BSN, RN
Home Program Facility Administrator, Cardinal Region 1
Heidi Saldana, RN
Home Therapy Manager, DaVita Abington
Objectives:
- Review specific home dialysis cases
- Describe how to overcome barriers to patients transitioning to home dialysis
- Explain the importance of understanding patient needs
Recording
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September 28, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Sijie Zheng, MD, PhD, FASN, FNKF
Program Director, Home Dialysis, Assistant Chief Department of Nephrology, Kaiser Permanente East Bay
Case Study Presenters:
William Vega-Ocasio, MD
Fresenius Kidney Care Cayey and Aibonito and Centro Médico Menonita Cayey
Objectives:
- Review specific home dialysis cases
- Describe how to overcome barriers to patients transitioning to home dialysis
- Explain the importance of understanding patient needs
PowerPoint
Recording
June 22, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Nupur Gupta, MD
Program Director, Home Dialysis Fellowship, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine
Case Study Presenters:
Crissy Fonseca
Facility Administrator, DaVita Arena
Barbara DommertBreckler BSN RN CNN
Quality Improvement Director ESRD Network 16
Dana Camacho BSN RN MBA
Division Home Program Director, DaVita
Objectives:
- Define what a home dialysis mindset means
- Describe how to overcome barriers to patients transitioning to home dialysis
- Explain the importance of staff training about home dialysis options
Recording
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March 23, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS ESRD NCC, Operations Manager
Case Study Presenters:
Krystal East BSN, RN
Director, Home Programs US Renal Care
Objectives:
- Understand the circumstances around "crashing into dialysis
- Examine individual patient health needs and circumstances
- Discuss insurance options for home dialysis
Recording: The recording for this call is unavailable
December 15, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS ESRD NCC, Operations Manager
Case Study Presenters:
Kim McMurray, RN, Clinical Manager, Fresenius Medical Care - Johnson City
Renee Wilcox, RN, BSN, Regional Home Therapies Director, US Renal Care - Sunbelt Region
Objectives:
- Understand how to support patients transitioning from in-center to home therapies
- Describe the Bi-Med Technician and Home Therapy Nurse home visit training
- Explain how a patient mentor program helps to transition patients from in-center to home dialysis
Recording: The recording for this call is unavailable
September 22, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS ESRD NCC, Operations Manager
Guest Expert: Ashutosh Shukla, MD, Associate Professor and Director of Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease and Home Dialysis, University of Florida
Expert Team Case Studies: Jayson Hood, RN, Clinical Director, Home Program, Northwest Kidney Centers
Objectives:
- Describe Expert Teams
- Explain how flexible training and scheduling improve patient transitions to home dialysis
- Demonstrate how structured patient training and nephrology engagement in the home care plan impact home dialysis outcomes
View Event Recording - This recording has been redacted to exclude unpublished study findings.
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June 23, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS ESRD NCC Operations Manager
Guest Expert: Sijie Zheng, MD, PhD, FASN, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Expert Team Case Studies: Theresa Gwinnett, MS, RD
April 12, 2022
Event Moderator: Donna DeBello, RN, HSAG ESRD Networks Quality Improvement Director
Guest Expert: Prashanth V. Kumar, MD, High Desert Nephrology Group
Expert Team Case Studies: N/A Presentation was delivered at 2022 CMS Quality Conference
December 16, 2022
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Guest Expert: Sijie Zheng, MD, PhD, FASN, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Expert Team Case Studies: Alix Dee Singh, RN is the Home Director of Clinical Services with DaVita.
Event Recording
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September 23, 2021
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Guest Expert:Sijie Zheng, MD, PhD, FASN, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Expert Team Case Studies:
- Janisse Watkins, AGNP-C, Home Program Director for DaVita covering the North Florida territory
- Autumn Swanhart, BSN, RN, the Home Program Manager, DaVita
- David E. Henner, DO is the Division Chief of Nephrology and Medical Director of Dialysis at Berkshire Medical Center (MA) and Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (VT)
Event Recording
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February 15, 2024
Event Moderator: Julie Moss, ESRD NCC
Guest Experts:
- Josh Clifton, PMP, Transplant Quality Manager, Wellstar MCG Health
- Karrie Moyer, RN, Trasnplant Nurse Manager, Wellstar MCG Health
Case Study Presenters:
- Sharon Franceschini, Outreach Coordinator, ChristianaCare Trasnplant Program
- Goni Katz-Greenberg, MD, MSc, Transplant Nephrologist, Duke University School of Medicine
Objectives:
- Understand the complex needs of patients on the waitlist,
- Discuss how to untangle the siloed communication
- Review the effects of using race-inclusive GFR formulas.
PowerPoint - Pending Availability
Recording
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November 16, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie Moss, ESRD NCC
Case Study Presenters:
- Kristin Smith, MSN, RN, CNL, CCTC, Manager Abdominal Transplant, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Leonardo V. Riella, MD, PhD, Mount Sinai Health System
- Rafael Khaim, ANP/FNP-BC, Mount Sinai Helath System
- Will Maixner & Brittany Music, DaVita Kidney care
Objectives: - Discuss patient tolerance to trasnplant
- Share strategies and solutions to the new allocation system
- Describe the impact of the Transplant Coalition to improve communication between dialysis units and transplant centers
Recording
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August 17, 2023
Event Moderator: Stephanie Hull, ESRD NCC
Case Study:
- Sandra Spooner, MSW
Tualatin, OR - Lauren Ramirez
Mohan Dialysis Center, Inc
Objectives:
- Discuss patient and staff barriers that prohibited patients from being waitlisted
- Share strategies and solutions to overcome the identified barriers
Recording
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May 18, 2023
Event Moderator: Stephanie Hull, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Caroline Sanner MSN, RN-BC, CPHQ, Project Manager-Quality Improvement
IPRO ESRD Network Program
Objectives:
- Identify pathways to improving transplant referral rates
- Study technology as a method to improve referral rates
- Explain how collaboration around best practice sharing and patient engagement improved referrals
Recording
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April 20, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, Operations Manager, ESRD NCC
Team Expert:
Timmy Nelson
Patient Subject Matter Expert
Case Study:
Lee Detwiler, LCSW
Renal Social Worker
DaVita Abington
Presentation Objectives
- Demonstrate the importance of the patient's voice in the transplant process
- Identify multiple ways for patients to be active members of their care team
- Understand the importance of celebrating patients who receive a transplant
Video shared during the presentation
Recording
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January 19, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, Operations Manager, ESRD NCC
Team Expert:
Ben Hippen, MD, FASN, FAST
Senior Vice President, Head of Transplant Medicine
Global Medical Office, Fresenius Medical Care
Case Study:
Janine Vallen, MSN, CCTN, APN-C
Director of Transplant Services
Virtua Center for Advanced Transplant and Organ Health
Presentation Objectives
- Improve communication between the transplant center and dialysis facility
- Identify and develop unique strategies to continue reducing socioeconomic barriers to kidney transplant
- Improve patient understanding of what it means to be on the kidney transplant waitlist
Recording
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October 20, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, Operations Manager, ESRD NCC
Team Expert:
Dawn Francisquini MSN, BS, RN, CCTC
Mary Cassidy RN, CCTC
Stony Brook Medicine
Case Study:
Amanda Spencer, LMSW
DaVita Dialysis
Region 5 Texas
Presentation Objectives
- Describe the transplant waitlist process at Stonybrook Medicine
- Explain how there is a patient for every kidney
- Discuss why the referral process is more than just an application for a transplant
Recording
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July 22, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, Operations Manager, ESRD NCC
Team Expert: Sunil Patel, MD, and Dave Tyrell, Clinical Director University Medical Center, Las Vegas
Expert Team Case Studies: Alice Legard, LCSW, Manager, Social Work Services Fresenius Kidney Care Tennessee Region
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April 21, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, Operations Manager, ESRD NCC
Team Expert: Bonnie Lonze, MD, NYU Langone
Expert Team Case Studies: Laura Gonzalez, LCSW, NSW-C, Social Work Services Manager, Satellite Healthcare, Inc.
Event Recording - Recording is unavailable
January 20, 2022
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Team Expert: Bonnie Lonze, MD, NYU Langone
Expert Team Case Studies: Andrew D. Howard, MD, Forum of ESRD Networks (CA)
Event Recording
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October 21, 2021
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Team Expert: Bonnie Lonze, MD, NYU Langone
Expert Team Case Studies:
Michael Guthrie, LMSW, Durant DaVita (OK)
Rick Perez, MD, University of California –Davis (CA)
Event Recording
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April 25, 2024
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert:
Karen Krueger, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Clinical Director, Travel and Immunization Clinic
Division of Infectious Diseases
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Case Study Presenters:
- Bridget Tertsakian, RN
Facility Administrator, Davita Trinity Dialysis - Shelia McMaster
Alliant Esrd Network 8
PowerPoint
Recording
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January 25, 2024
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, ESRD NCC
Guest Experts:
Shannon Novosad, MD, MPH, Team Lead, Dialysis Safety Team, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Amanda Payne, PhD, MPH
Epidemiologist, CDC
Case Study Presenters:
- Kelly Ann Davis, BSN, RN, CDN, UVA Lynchburg Dialysis
- Jeannette Shrift MSN RN, Quality Insights – Renal Network 4
- Lee Detwiler, DaVita Abington Dialysis Center
Recording - The recording for this call is not available. The information presented by the CDC is not approved for printed or recorded release.
October 26, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Shannon Novosad, MD, MPH, Team Lead, Dialysis Safety Team, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Case Study Presenters:
Javier Cuellar RN MSN CHN
Senior Manager, Clinical Quality
South Florida and Puerto Rico Regions
San Antonio Texas
Glen Luzong, RN
Assistant Nurse Manger
Rogosin Queens Dialysis
Amaris Pederson
Facility Administrator
DaVita
Presentation Objectives
- Understand the tools and resources available on the CDC website
- Identify best practices for communicating the importance of taking vaccinations
- Review vaccination tracking platforms
Recording
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July 27, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Karen Krueger, MD, Director of Travel and Immunization Clinic, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Infectious Disease
Northwestern Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
Case Study: Joma Lynn Jumoad, BS, RN, Clinical Coordinator, United Dialysis, and Marie Joy Ramos, Facility Administrator
Presentation Objectives:
- Review the background of vaccination in persons with kidney disease
- Discuss the newest changes in vaccination protocols
- Share strategies to approach patients about immunizations
April 27, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Case Study
Aisha Edmondson
Contract Manager, Quality Improvement
IPRO ESRD Network 6
Robbin Hoyle, RN
Clinical Manager
FKC-Gastonia/Lowell #1329
Presentation Objectives
- Understand how professionals and practitioners can ensure all eligible patients can be vaccinated
- Discuss barriers to obtaining vaccinations
- Share resources intended to mitigate vaccination hesitancy
- Demonstrate the importance of patient engagement in overcoming barriers to being vaccinated
Recording:
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January 26, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Case Study
Allen Daugherty, RN, BSN, CDN
Clinical Manager
Innovative Renal Care
Presentation Objectives
- Understand how professionals and practitioners can ensure all eligible patients can be vaccinated
- Improve communication about the importance of vaccination
- Increase patient adherence to getting vaccinated, including booster vaccines
Recording: The recording for this event is unavailable due to technical difficulties.
October 27, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Case Study
Aisha Edmondson
Quality Improvement Lead
ESRD Network 9
Presentation Objectives
Describe how community coalitions support improving vaccination rates
Explain how the IPRO Learn system supports collaboration
Discuss the barriers to getting vaccinated
October 13, 2022
Event Moderator: Stephanie Hull, RN, BSN, CNN, ESRD NCC Director of Quality Improvement and Learning and Action Networks
Case Study Presenter: Cheena "Chevie" Escobar, BSN, RN, CNN
Facility Administrator, National Renal Care, Canyon Country, CA
Presentation Objectives
- Describe the dialysis facility location and patient demographics
- Explain facility challenges
- Present the facility's COVID-19 vaccination timeline for success
Event Recording
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July 28, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert:
Diane Berman, MS, RD, Area Team Lead
Carli Reinhard, RN, BSN, Charge RN
FMC Petaluma
Event Recording
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July 7, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS ESRD NCC Operations Manager
Guest Expert: Faith Lynch, DNP, RN, CNN, Nurse Manager, Acute Dialysis, NYU Langone Health
Expert Team Case Studies: Peggy Douglas, Epidemiologist, Washington State Department of Health
Event Recording
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April 28, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert:
Suzanne Watnik, MD, FASN, Cheif Medical Officer
Liz McNamara, MS, VP, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer
Northwest Kidney Centers
Expert Team Case Studies:
Sabrina Fleming, CCHT, BS
DaVita Grand Crossing Chicago
Event Recording
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April 14, 2022
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Shannon Novosad, MD, MPH, Team Lead, Dialysis Safety Team, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Expert Team Case Studies: Subodh Saggi, MD, MPH, FACP, FASN, Director, SUNY Parkside Ambulatory Dialysis Center, Professor of Clinical Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
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March 31, 2022
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Guest Expert: Rebecca Martinez, BSN, BA, RN, CIC, Nebraska ICAP Program
Event Recording
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January 13, 2022
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Guest Expert: Manisha Jhamb, MD MPH, Associate Chief, Renal-Electrolyte Division, Director, Center for Population Health Management, Co-Director, Clinical Research, Renal-Electrolyte Division, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Expert Team Case Studies:
- Sasha Patterson RN MSN CNN, Administrator, Physicians Dialysis
- Susan Witzel-Kreuter, LCSW, Physicians Dialysis
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October 28, 2021
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Guest Expert: Jeffrey Silvers, MD, Sutter Health (CA)
Event Recording
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October 14, 2021
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Guest Expert: Donald Molony, MD, Professor of Medicine, Distinguished Teaching Professor of the University of Texas System, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension ANDCenter for Clinical Research and Evidence-based Medicine, McGovern Medical School University of Texas, Houston, TX
Expert Team Case Studies:
- Audrey Brezak, Epidemiologist, WA State Department of Health
- Barbara Dommert-Breckler, Quality Improvement Director, Comagine Health/ ESRD Network 16
Event Recording This recording is unavailable
February 1, 2024
Event Moderator: Julie Moss, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Daniel Roseman, MD, Chief Medical Officer, DaVita Hospital Services Group and Skilled Nursing Facility Dialysis
Objectives
- Overcome common barriers to duplication between the dialysis team and the nursing home staff, medication management
- Create informative discharge planning
- Manage dialysis resident dressings and infection
Recording
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November 2, 2023
Event Moderator: Stephanie Hull, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert:
- David L. Mahoney, MD
Chief Medical Officer, DaVita Hospital Services Group and Skilled Nursing Facility Dialysis
Case Study Presentations:
- Katie Chorba MSN, RN (IPRO ESRD) Quality Improvement Director
- Amy Stackman, RN (IPRO QIN/QIO)
- Barbie Thompson, RN, BSN, Clinical Director – Hemodialysis
- Angie Kroth, RN, Clinical Director – Home Therapies
- Fort Smith Regional Center, Arkansas
Presentation Objectives:
- Understand the treatment refusal from the patient perspective
- Discuss challenges between nursing home and dialysis care coordiantion
- Explore options for peritoneal dialysis in the nursing home.
Recording
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August 3, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert:
David L. Mahoney, MD
Chief Medical Officer, DaVita Hospital Services Group and Skilled Nursing Facility Dialysis
Case Study Presentations:
Emmanuel Harris BSN, RN, Regional Quality Manager, Concerto
Rich Fatzinger, Senior Director, Post Acute Dialysis, Fresenius Medical Care
Presentation Objectives:
- Understand the process to convert an in-center dialysis center to a SNF dialysis program
- Examine a transfusion case study
- Discuss the importance of care coordination between dialysis and SNF teams
PowerPoint
Recording
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May 4, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert:
David L. Mahoney, MD
Chief Medical Officer, DaVita Hospital Services Group and Skilled Nursing Facility Dialysis
Presentation Objectives:
- Demonstrate the value and benefits of dialysis services in the nursing home
- Explain the complex infrastructure of dialysis care in the nursing home
- Discuss the importance of collaboration between a nursing home and dialysis staff
Event Recording
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PowerPoint
February 2, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Expert Team Case Study:
Suzette Siblesz, BA, ADM
Cheryl LePera, RN, BSN, CNN, DON
Lakes Dialysis Center
Event Recording
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November 3, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Ashutosh Shukla, MD, Associate Professor and Director of the Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease and Home Dialysis Program, University of Florida
Expert Team Case Studies: David Mahoney, MD, Chief Medical Officer, DaVita Hospital Services Group and Skilled Nursing Facility Dialysis
Event Recording
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August 4, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Lisa Sotter, MS, Senior Clinical Quality Management Director –Fresenius Medical Care
Expert Team Case Studies: Tyson Aschliman, CEO, Renal Management Group, and Dr. Raffi Minasian, Medical Director, Affiliated Dialysis of California
Event Recording
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May 6, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Janet Anderson, MSN, RN, CNN, Home Dialysis Program Manager, Sanford Health
Event Recording
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March 4, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Suresh Samson, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Concerto
Event Recording
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PowerPoint Presentation
November 5, 2021
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Guest Experts:
Alice Hellebrand, MSN, RN, CNN, Chief Nursing Officer, Dialyze Direct (NJ)
Zabelle Crosson, MBA, Vice President, Business Development and New Operations, Desert Cities Dialysis (CA)
Event Recording
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PowerPoint Presentation
April 24, 2024
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Expert Team Presenter: Kristin Kuntz, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry-Clinical, The Ohio State University
Case Study Presentations:
- Lucille Fernandez, LCSW
Justin Carr, LCSW
ESRDNetworks 13 & 15 - Cheri Brown, LMSWS, LCDCi
Certified eHypnotherapist
Recording
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January 9, 2024
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Expert Team Presenter: Kristin Kuntz, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry-Clinical, The Ohio State University
Case Study Presentations:
- Dawn Gromley, LMSW, LCSW, LISW-S
Social Work, Manager
Dialysis Care Center - Cassie Jones, MSW, LCSW
Social Worker
Dialysis Clinic, Inc. –Columbia, MO - Debbie Ulm
Quality Improvement Advisor
QsourceESRD Networks
Recording
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October 10, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Expert Team Presenter: Kristin Kuntz, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry-Clinical, The Ohio State University
Case Study Presentations:
- Laura Garcia, LMSW, Cherokee Community Dialysis
- Erica Webb, MSSW, LAPSW, Alliant Health Solutions
- Melissa Thompson, MSW, LSW, Akron Home Therapies/Capital Lakes Region
- Rica Appling, MSW, LCSW, DaVita Metrowest
Objectives:
- Understand the types of depression testing tools available
- Describe how patient support groups can help those with depression
- Identify health inequities in screening and treating depression
Recording
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PowerPoint
July 11, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Expert Team Presenter: Kristin Kuntz, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry-Clinical, The Ohio State University
Case Study Presentations
Karyn Rosenberg, LCSW
DaVita Saint Charles Way and Roosevelt Avenue
Dani Beliveau LMSW, BCABA
Davita Walterboro
Zachary Rohrberg, MSW, LGSW
Fresenius Medical Care –J. Robert Pritchard Dialysis
Objectives:
- Understand how to open the conversation about depression
- Explain the balance between rapport building, respectful confrontation, and positive reinforcement
- Describe person-centric interventions to identify and treat depression
Recording: The recording for this call is unavailable
PowerPoint
February 14, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Expert Team Presenter: Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute, Inc.
Objectives
- Understand why hope is an important first message
- Explain the balance between hope and fear
- Describe realistic hope in the face of life-threatening adversity
Recording
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November 9, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Expert Team Case Studies: Joni Baker, MSW, LCSW, LSCSW, Freeman Health System, Joplin and Webb City, Mo
Objectives:
- Understand how co-morbidities contribute to mental health
- Acknowledge the importance of socioeconomic conditions on mental health
- Review resources for improving mental health screening
Event Recording
PowerPoint Presentation
August 9, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Zachary Arcona, PSYD – Children’s Hospital Colorado and Elizabeth Christofferson, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado
Expert Team Case Studies: Dylan Pepper, MSW, RCSWI, St. Petersburg Kidney Center South
Event Recording
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May 13, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Sarvnaz M. Ghavami MS, RD, LDN, Fresenius Medical Care
Expert Team Case Studies: Dawn D. Burton, Ed.D., MSW, LCSW-A, Fresenius Medical Care
Event Recording
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February 11, 2022
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Guest Expert: Felicia Speed PhD, LMSW, Vice President, Social Work Services, Fresenius Medicare Care
Expert Team Case Studies: Guadalupe Martinez, MSW, Renal Social Worker, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Event Recording
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PowerPoint Presentation
November 12, 2021
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Guest Expert: Daniel Cukor, PhD
Event Recording - Currently not available
PowerPoint Presentation - Currently not available
March 19, 2024
Event Moderator: Julie Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Case Study:
- Katie Chorba, MSN, RN, IPRO ESRD Network 1
- Carrie Rice, RN, BSN, MLS(ASCP)CM, CIC, Maine Department of Health and Human Services
- Julie M. Leavitt, RN, BSN, Maine Department of Health and Human Services
- Nino Reyes, RN, FKC Bayonne, New Jersey
Objectives:
- Understand collaborative efforts to reduce infection hospitalizations in dialysis patients
- Review the Infection Control Assessment Response (ICAR) process
- Share a successful blood trasnfusion case study
Recording
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December 19, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert:
- Daniel Landry, DO, FASN
Chair, Medical Advisory Council for the National Forum of ESRD Networks
Chief, Division of Nephrology, Medical Director, Inpatient Dialysis and Critical Care Nephrology
Baystate Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate
Case Study:
- Barbara Dommert Breckler, Comagine Health ESRD Network 16
- Travis Wood, Facility Administrator, DaVita
- Katy Robertson, Facility Administrator, FMC Eucalyptus Clinic
Objectives:
- Describe the impact of missed opportunities for transitioning to a home modality,
- Understand Primary Care Physicians can impact opportunities for home dialysis first starts,
- Learn how assisting patients with phosphorus and fluid can enhance the quality of life and patient outcomes.
Recording
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September 19, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert:
- Daniel Landry, DO, FASN
Chair, Medical Advisory Council for the National Forum of ESRD Networks
Chief, Division of Nephrology, Medical Director, Inpatient Dialysis and Critical Care Nephrology
Baystate Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate
Case Study:
- Becky Miller, Manager
- Maria Regnier, Senior Director
- Jannelle Stevens, Senior Quality Strategist
- Jane Taber, Director, Sanford Health
Objectives: - Understand that ER visits by ESRD patients result in hospitalization nearly 50% of the time
- Education of our hospital/ER colleagues for early intervention/diversion strategies can yield improved outcomes
- Identifying high-risk patients early on can result in reduced hospitalizations and achieve better outcomes
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June 20, 2023
Event Moderator: Stephanie, Hull, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Kam Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor of Medicine & Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vice Chair for Research and Innovation, Dept. Medicine Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Chair, Kidney Health Workgroup, Los Angeles County Dept. Health Services
Case Study:
MARY ALBIN, BS, CPHQ
Executive Director
Alliant Health Solutions | ESRD Network’s 8 & 14
Amy Carper, LCSW, CCM, NSW-C
Quality Improvement Director
HSAG | ESRD Network’s 13 & 15
Objectives:
- Understand how transitions of care impact patients
- Review sustainable interventions to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency department visits
- Describe patient concerns for selecting emergency room visits
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May 16, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Andrew Bland, MD, Tri-State Dialysis Medical Director
Case Study: Claire Taylor-Schiller, RN, Quality Improvement Analyst, Midwest Kidney Network
Objectives:
- Understand How QIO-ESRD Collaboration Can Improve Transitions Across the Care Continuum
- Identify communication needs between dialysis facilities and hospitals
- Explain Nephrocardioloy and its impact on hospitalizations
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February 21, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Case Study: Amber Paysen, BSN, RN, Nurse Manager, Avera McKennan Dialysis Unit
Objectives:
- Identify gaps in the dialysis unit that contribute to patient hospitalizations
- Discuss specific dialysis unit interventions to reduce hospitalizations
- Understand the importance of interdisciplinary staff communication and engagement to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations
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November 15, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Case Study: Michael Austin, Facility Administrator, DaVita Bradford Dialysis
Objectives:
- Understand the use and benefit of COVID-19 facilities
- Recognize the transportation issues associated with placing a patient at a cohort facility
- Explore ways to provide patients with the knowledge and skills to prevent emergency department visits.
August 16, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie A. Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Martha Bean, RN, BS
Vice President, Government Reporting and Strategy Implementation
Fresenius Kidney Care
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May 20, 2022
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Guest Expert: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Expert Team Case Studies: Mary Chacon, ACSW, Dialysis Social Worker, Fresenius Kidney Care
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February 18, 2022
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Guest Expert: David Henner, DO, President, National Forum of ESRD Networks, Division Chief of Nephrology, Medical Director of Dialysis Berkshire Medical Center (MA)
Expert Team Case Studies: Dawn Edwards, KPAC Co-Chair, Derek Forfang, KPAC Co-Chair
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November 19, 2021
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Vice President, Health Services Advisory Group and ESRD NCC Team Lead
Guest Expert: Kam Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD, University of California Irvine (CA
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February 27, 2024
Event Moderator: Chiao Wen Lan, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Rachel Patzer, PhD, MPH, Regenstrief Institute, President & CEO;
Case Study Presenters:
- Sauntia Griffin, MSW;
- Mae Billanes, MSN, BSN, RN,
- Leonardo Llamas, MSW
- Susan Copper, MSW, LCSW
Objectives:
- Understand complex results of a vaccine effectiveness study regarding the bivalent MRNA COVID-19 vaccine and preventing COVID-19-related thromboembolic events in Medicare enrollees either age 65 and older, or those with end stage renal disease,
- Address barriers to vaccine such as allergies, fear of side effects, and shots
- Review how to deploy teamwork to help patients overcome objections.
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November 28, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie Moss, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Martin Cadeiras, MD, Medical Director, UC Davis
Case Study:
- Juan Haro, MA, NOMC, NCUEB, NCLB, New Mexico Commission for the Blind
- Jodie Barney and Patricia Austin, QIA Lead, Gila Dialysis
Objectives:
- Understand the Pluralist framework for Network-based delineation of Health Service Areas
- Learn about Independent Living Services for Individuals who experience vsion loss
- Understand how The Caring House provides skilled nursing care and rehabilitation services while honoring the tribal and cultural traditions of residents and their families.
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August 22, 2023
Event Moderator: Sara Eve Schaeffer, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Praise Matemavi, DO, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Case Study:
- Teri Williams, RN
Administrative Director of Dialysis Services
Freeman Health System - Elizabeth Lively
Eastern Region Advocacy Director
Dialysis Patients Citizens - Brooke Sydow, EdD
Program Director
Huron Regional Medical Center
Objectives:
- Discuss disparities across the kidney transplant trajectory.
- Learn about opportunities to advance health equity related to food insecurity.
- Understand how engaging community healthcare workers can support change with CKD.
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May 23, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Aaron M. Delman, MD MS, General Surgery Resident, University of Cincinnati
Shimul Shah, MD,MHCM
Professor of Clinical
Division Chief of Transplantation; Vice Chair for Health Services Research and James and Catherine Orr Endowed Chair of Liver Transplantation Surgery | College of Medicine
Objectives:
- Explain how health equity is transplant program specific
- Demonstrate The KidneyTransplant Equity Index (KTEI)
- Show how the KTEI Can Improve Racial and Ethnic Minority Access to Transplantation
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April 25, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert:
Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH, FSfAA, FAST
Professor of Surgery, and Biomedical Ethics & Society Director
Surgical Outcomes Research Director
Transplant Outcomes Research Section of Surgical Sciences
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Case Study:
Sara Gabor, RN, MSN
Fresenius Medical Care
Objectives:
- Showcase the importance of working with patients post-involuntary discharge
- Discuss barriers to kidney transplant across various racial and ethnic groups
- Identify culturally targeted strategies to address the sociocultural environment in reducing health disparities in kidney transplant
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January 24, 2023
Event Moderator: Julie Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert:
Dinushika Mohottige, MD, MPH
Nephrologist and Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology
The Institute of Health Equity Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Case Study
Danielle Andrews, MPH, MSW, GCPH
Project Manager, Health Equity Specialist
IPRO ESRD Network Program
Jermane Bond, PhD
Social Epidemiologist
Weitzman Institute
Presentation Objectives
- Discuss inequities in the ESRD population healthcare
- Explain the need for educational resources for patients with limited health literacy
- Describe how patient-provider communication with patients from diverse cultural backgrounds is essential to successful patient engagement
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October 25, 2022
Event Moderator: Julie Moss, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert:
Tessa Novick, MD, MSW
Nephrologist and Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
University of Texas, Austin
Case Study
Susan Cooper, LCSW
Home Dialysis of Santa Fe
Presentation Objectives
- Discuss inequities in housing in underserved populations
- Explain the need for dialysis services in indigenous populations
- Describe how case management and patient education are key to successful transitions to home dialysis
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August 2, 2022
Event Moderator: Kelly M. Mayo, MS, ESRD NCC
Guest Expert: Yoshio N. Hall, MD, MS
Chief, Nephrology Section
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Professor | Division of Nephrology | Department of Medicine
University of Washington
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