Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Measure and Instrument Development and Support (MIDS) Contracting Friday, November 16, 2018 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) selected Arbor Research Collaborative for Health as one of 31 organizations across the United States to carry out up to $1.6 billion in contract work related to health care quality measurement over the next decade. CMS designed this contracting vehicle to fund work that promotes improvements in both the quality of care and outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries and in the overall efficiency of the Medicare program. Read more
The DOPPS Approach to Improving Patient Care The DOPPS Approach to Improving Patient Care Monday, December 8, 2014 Dr. Friedrich Port is the 2014 recipient of the National Kidney Foundation’s David M. Hume Memorial Award. To mark this milestone in his career, Dr. Port reflected on the approach of the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS), which he helped to design, launch, and maintain since 1996. Dr. Port’s paper “Practice-Based Versus Patient-Level Outcomes Research in Hemodialysis: The DOPPS (Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study) Experience” was published in the American Journal of Kidney Disease. Read more
Secular Trends in the Cost of Immunosuppressants after Solid Organ Transplantation in the United States Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Uptake of Generic vs Brand Name Immunosuppressants Among US Organ Transplant Recipients Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Successful use & placement of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) vascular accesses: US AVF placement trend of concern Monday, April 23, 2018