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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.
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
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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)
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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 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
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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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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 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
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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.
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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)
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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
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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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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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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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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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
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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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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
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PowerPoint Presentation - Currently not available
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
Recording
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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
Event Recording and PowerPoint: Due to proprietary information and Copyright restrictions this recording and PowerPoint presentation are not available for posting.
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Exchanges
Two Exchanges Fresenius Kidney Care Joined
Commonwealth Alliance
eHealth Exchange
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
Event Recording
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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
Event Recording
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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
Event Recording
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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
Event Recording: Due to technical difficulties the recording is not available
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