Implementing Alternative Payment Models (APMs): Beyond the OCM

Jennifer Flythe, MD, MPH, discusses individualizing dialysis volume management and why guideline-directed therapy use lags in advanced CKD.

Povetacicept reduced proteinuria by 52% vs 4.3% with placebo at week 36 in adults with IgA nephropathy in the phase 3 RAINIER trial’s interim analysis.

Outpatient dialysis for unfunded patients with ESKD cut ED reliance and costs, while church-based CKD screening improved blood pressure.

Asian expert consensus updates mantle cell lymphoma treatment guidelines, highlighting uneven BTK inhibitor, ibrutinib and CAR T-cell access across Asia.

At ASN Kidney Week 2026, nephrologists said value-based kidney models improved dialysis starts, but payment cuts and MA growth are pushing practices out.

At IDWeek 2026, IDSA and HIVMA leaders and clinician advocates outline how stories, relationships, and bipartisan outreach shape ID and HIV policy.

At IDWeek 2026, Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, said USAID cuts are costing lives but that the field is "not back at square one."

More treatment choices does not always mean better patient outcomes, with care access remaining challenging in Florida.