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Negotiations to increase payment from insurance companies can be extremely difficult

Guidance Offered for Negotiating Higher Rates From Payers

Compiling the information needed to approach insurance companies is time consuming
In what researchers are calling a possible "paradigm shift

Survival Benefit for Kidneys From Incompatible Living Donors

Compared no transplantation and transplants from deceased donors
Adding core-needle biopsy to other clinical care may help improve outcomes for some patients with renal cell carcinoma

Core-Needle Biopsy Effective in Evaluation of Renal Masses

Image-guided testing of tissue from the renal mass may lead to improved treatments, researchers say
Problematic clauses in physicians' contracts can impact patient care and professionalism

Physicians’ Contracts Can Affect Patients, Professionalism

Problematic clauses in contracts include blanket confidentiality clauses, termination without cause
A case of hepatitis E virus infection has been reported in a kidney transplant recipient

Case of Hepatitis E Transmission Via Plasma Exchange

Transmission of HEV through plasma exchange for acute humoral rejection after kidney transplant
Physicians who are married to a highly-educated spouse are less likely to work in rural underserved areas

Spouse Education Level May Impact Choice for Rural Practice

Lower odds of working in rural HPSA for physicians married to a highly-educated spouse
The Supreme Court has ruled against state efforts to collect health care data from insurance plans.

SCOTUS: States Can’t Force Health Care Data Release

Supreme Court rules states can't force health insurers to turn over data

February 2016 Briefing – Nephrology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Nephrology for February 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
Plasma uric acid levels are significantly lower in adolescent patients with type 1 diabetes than in healthy control subjects

Uric Acid Levels Low in Teens With Type 1 Diabetes

Unlike in adults, there is no association between uric acid, cardiorenal parameters
In an article published online Feb. 23 in the Annals of Internal Medicine

Suggestions for Optimizing Practice Feedback Effectiveness

Practice feedback interventions relate to nature of desired action, feedback display, delivery of feedback