Prior Special Information

OIG Closes Off Proposed ESRD Safe Harbor. POSTED 12/12/2002

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Announces National Coverage Determination for use of Carnitor (levocarnitine) Injection in ESRD Patients on Dialysis
For more information please visit: http://www.cms.gov/manuals/pm_trans/AB02165.pdf. POSTED 12/10/2002

The New CMS Open Door Forum ListServ
To encourage consistency and efficiency in delivering announcements, invitations, schedules and other important news through the Open Door Forums, CMS has made it even easier for you to get involved. To register, click here: http://www.cms.gov/opendoor/listservs.asp. POSTED 12/09/2002

Alert to Possible Kidney Transplant Internet Scam
This information was provided to Network 13 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. POSTED 11/15/2002

Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care http://www.promotingexcellence.org
Hardcopy “Recommendations to the Field” in full final report version and in the summary version. POSTED 10/22/2002

Dialysis Units Disaster Preparedness (HURRICANES) POSTED 9/23/2002

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Announces National Coverage Determination for use of Carnitor (levocarnitine) Injection in ESRD Patients on Dialysis
For more information please visit: http://www.cms.gov/manuals/pm_trans/AB02165.pdf. POSTED 12/10/2002

The New CMS Open Door Forum ListServ
To encourage consistency and efficiency in delivering announcements, invitations, schedules and other important news through the Open Door Forums, CMS has made it even easier for you to get involved. To register, click here: http://www.cms.gov/opendoor/listservs.asp. POSTED 12/09/2002

Alert to Possible Kidney Transplant Internet Scam

Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care http://www.promotingexcellence.org
Hardcopy “Recommendations to the Field” in full final report version and in the summary version. POSTED 10/22/2002

Dialysis Units Disaster Preparedness (HURRICANES) POSTED 9/23/2002

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Recommendations for Injectable Medications to be administered by ESRD facilities POSTED 8/8/2002

Responsibility for Sticking Implantable (SQ) Devices POSTED 6/20/2002

Epogen Counterfeit Product Alert POSTED 6/1/2002

RECALL: Wyeth Pharmaceutical and ESI Lederle Heparin Sodium Injection POSTED 5/4/2002

Kidney School POSTED 3/27/2002
Life Options has launched a new, interactive, web-based patient chronic kidney disease (CKD) learning center called Kidney School: http://www.kidneyschool.org. Kidney School offers CKD and new dialysis patients a learning tool in sixteen 20-minute modules designed for self-management support. The objective is to socialize patients into a partnership role in their own care and give them the tools they need to live long and live well with kidney disease.

Free Online Bioterrorism Educational Series POSTED 2/20/2002
s Bioterrorism CME Activities from the AMA
s Bioterrorism Preparedness for Physicians and Nurses CE
s Clinical Aspects of Critical Biologic Agents CME Course