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Kidney Patients Raise National Health Alert on Phosphorus

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
Hyperphosphatemia, Transplant, Nutrient, Hyperkalemia, Congress, Patient, Stroke, Social media, Investment, United States Senate, Phosphorus, Representative, Ways and means committee, Research, Education, Itch, Risk, ESRD, Policy, FMLA, CMS, Senate, Food, Federation, Kidney failure, Prospective payment system, Death, House, Executive (government), Louisiana House of Representatives, Graduate diploma, Dialysis, FDA, Government, Seizure, CKD, Mortality, Kidney disease, Medicare, Physician, Pharmaceutical industry

WASHINGTON, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the oldest and largest independent kidney patient consumer organization in the U.S., is raising public awareness on April 5, National Phosphorus Awareness Day, about the devastating impacts of unmanaged phosphorus levels in individuals with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Key Points: 
  • Kidney patients are at an increased risk for high phosphorus (termed hyperphosphatemia) due to their decreased kidney function and an inability to excrete excess nutrients, including phosphorus.
  • Kidney patients are medically complex and typically manage multiple co-related health conditions including hyperphosphatemia , hyperkalemia , CKD associated pruritis (CKD-aP) , and more .
  • Kidney patients and all people of goodwill involved in the fight to improve kidney health are making their voices heard by contacting their U.S.
  • Since 1969, The American Association of Kidney Patients has been a patient-led organization driving policy discussions on kidney patient care choice and medical innovation.

isolved Secures Leader Position in Nucleus Research's Value Matrix for HCM in the SMB Segment

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Cloud, Research, Talent management, SVP, Luigi, Artificial intelligence, ISG, Family, FMLA, Investment, HCM, Human resource management, Hire, Workforce, Sales

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Analyst recognition for isolved® has surged this month, marking a significant milestone for the company. Following its recent accolade as a Leader in Core Human Resource (HR) Plus Talent Management by ISG, isolved proudly announces its recognition as a Leader in Nucleus Research's Human Capital Management (HCM) Value Matrix for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs). Building upon its consecutive recognition as a Facilitator from Nucleus Research, isolved has elevated its position in the Value Matrix through ongoing investments in and enhancements to the intelligently connected isolved People Cloud™ Platform.

Key Points: 
  • Following its recent accolade as a Leader in Core Human Resource (HR) Plus Talent Management by ISG , isolved proudly announces its recognition as a Leader in Nucleus Research's Human Capital Management (HCM) Value Matrix for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs).
  • Building upon its consecutive recognition as a Facilitator from Nucleus Research, isolved has elevated its position in the Value Matrix through ongoing investments in and enhancements to the intelligently connected isolved People Cloud™ Platform.
  • "What's notable about isolved is they actively seek feedback through their customer community and regularly occurring regional events —then actively incorporate that feedback into their HCM solutions," said Evelyn McMullen, Research Manager at Nucleus Research.
  • "isolved's continuous improvements give SMBs enterprise-grade functionality and access to the latest in HCM technology without an all-or-nothing approach.

Purchasing Power® Appoints Alan Carkner as Regional Sales Director, Upper Central/West Territories

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
FMLA, Insurance, Consultant, Life, Purchasing power, Pacific Northwest, Growth, Liberty Mutual

LAS VEGAS, March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Alan Carkner has been named Regional Sales Director, Upper Central/West Territories at Purchasing Power®, a financial wellness voluntary benefit that offers the leading employee purchase program through the convenience of payroll deduction.

Key Points: 
  • LAS VEGAS, March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Alan Carkner has been named Regional Sales Director, Upper Central/West Territories at Purchasing Power®, a financial wellness voluntary benefit that offers the leading employee purchase program through the convenience of payroll deduction.
  • Carkner is based in Las Vegas and reports directly to Tim Kastrinelis, Vice President, Sales and National Partnerships at Purchasing Power.
  • In his role, Carkner oversees regional strategic sales efforts directed toward benefit brokers and the targeted employers they represent.
  • Carkner's upper central/west regional responsibilities will include 19 states representing the Pacific Northwest, Mountain regions and North Central territories.

Where You Live Impacts Your Ability to Save a Life Through Living Organ Donation, According to the 2024 American Kidney Fund Report Card

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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Ambassador, Chronic kidney disease, Health insurance, American Kidney Fund, Latino, AKF, Dialysis, News, Report card, Transplant, Skin, Life, HIPP, CKD, Disability, House, FMLA, Telephone numbers in Hungary, Policy, Family, Legislation, Louisiana House of Representatives, Patient, Kidney disease, Insurance, Kidney, Representative, Child, Health equity, The Report Card, Mortality, Research, Senate, Kidney failure

Receiving a kidney from a living donor is the best option for someone in need of a new kidney.

Key Points: 
  • Receiving a kidney from a living donor is the best option for someone in need of a new kidney.
  • However, six states – Alabama, Montana, New Hampshire, Tennessee, South Dakota and Vermont – have zero policy protections (F grade) for living organ donors.
  • How All 50 States + DC Fared on the 2024 State of the States: American Kidney Fund Report Card
    Currently, chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 1 in 7 adults in the U.S.
  • “Where you live should not impact whether you are able to save a life through kidney donation, but our 2024 Report Card suggests that this may be the case.

New CDC Respiratory Guidance Ignores Kidney Patient Concerns

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Thursday, March 7, 2024
Hospital, Dialysis, Infection, Kidney, HHS, Vaccine, Health, History, Organization, Kidney disease, Patient, Mortality, Kidney failure, Diabetes, Chronic kidney disease, Social media, Ageing, Loneliness, Transplant, Veterans' affairs, Emergency department, CDC, ESRD, Omicron, CDRH, COVID-19 vaccine, CKD, Safety, Hypertension, Congress, Disease, Monovalence, FDA, Friends, Food, Immunodeficiency, Risk, COVID-19, Read, Medicare, FMLA, Death, Control, COVID, Policy, Device, Science, Failure, Public

WASHINGTON, March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the largest and oldest independent kidney patient organization in the nation, issued an Official Statement (appears below) in response to the Center for Disease Prevention and Control's (CDC) new Respiratory Virus Guidance, publicly announced on March 1, 2024. The CDC announcement occurred on the first day of National Kidney Month. March traditionally unites kidney stakeholders and people of goodwill in efforts to raise awareness of kidney diseases, address ongoing unmet patient needs, and advocate for removal of federal regulatory and payment barriers that impede access to, and development of, new kidney diagnostics, drugs, and devices.

Key Points: 
  • Mortality rates among kidney patients occurred at historic levels at the start of the COVID pandemic, devastated the kidney patient community and families, and this community's ongoing risks remain a strategic concern among patient advocates and allied kidney professionals.
  • AAKP also raised kidney patient health and safety concerns to CDC officials in stakeholder briefings prior to the March 1, 2024, CDC Respiratory Virus Guidance announcement.
  • The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the nation's largest and oldest independent kidney patient organization in the nation, is deeply concerned about the Center for Disease Prevention Control's (CDC) Respiratory Virus Guidelines, including for COVID, announced on March 1, 2024.
  • https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/mm7308a5.htm
    Since 1969, The American Association of Kidney Patients has been a patient-led organization driving policy discussions on kidney patient care choice and medical innovation.

Mercy Launches "Joy" Chatbot to Revolutionize Employee Benefits Access

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Thursday, February 22, 2024
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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercy, a leader in health care innovation, introduces "Joy," a groundbreaking chatbot that transforms how co-workers access information about their benefits. Developed as part of Mercy's collaboration with Microsoft, Joy leverages cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence technology that acts as a super-smart assistant.

Key Points: 
  • ST. LOUIS, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercy, a leader in health care innovation, introduces "Joy," a groundbreaking chatbot that transforms how co-workers access information about their benefits.
  • "Joy addresses a long-standing challenge faced by our co-workers," said Kerry Bommarito, Mercy vice president of enterprise data science.
  • "Before Joy, navigating through tens or even hundreds of documents on our intranet for benefits information was time consuming and complicated.
  • In fiscal year 2023 alone, Mercy provided more than half a billion dollars of free care and other community benefits, including traditional charity care and unreimbursed Medicaid.

Kidney Patients Target Medicare Transplant Double Standard

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Friday, February 9, 2024
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the largest and oldest kidney patient organization in the nation, issued an Official Statement (appears below) and an AAKP Closer Look report highlighting a new, double standard and unequal access for Medicare kidney transplant recipients who rely upon molecular blood tests for organ health surveillance and the identification of early organ rejection. Kidney disease and kidney failure disproportionately impact minority Americans. Federal data consistently demonstrates that, among historically disadvantaged communities, there are tremendous barriers and lack of opportunity to receive a kidney transplant and furthermore, re-transplantation when a donor organ fails.

Key Points: 
  • The new restrictions severely limit Medicare patients and transplant professionals from accessing molecular blood tests, covered by Medicare and utilized since 2017.
  • It is absolutely clear this is a new double standard for Medicare transplant recipients.
  • Today, Medicare patients with a kidney transplant in South Carolina and across the nation face the new reality of unequal treatment to protect their precious gifts of life.
  • Their failed leadership has empowered unelected, unaccountable, and faceless for-profit contractors to make life and death decisions that negatively impact kidney transplant patients on Medicare.

Husch Blackwell Names Joe Glynias Chair Elect

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Legal, Professional Services, BTI, Link, Family, Law, American City Business Journals, Lawyer, Walking, Environment, Partner, Chambers and Partners, Ministry of Labour, Employment, Journalism, University, FMLA

The partners of Husch Blackwell have elected Joe Glynias to serve as the firm’s next Executive Board Chair, succeeding current Chair Catherine Hanaway , whose term ends March 31, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • The partners of Husch Blackwell have elected Joe Glynias to serve as the firm’s next Executive Board Chair, succeeding current Chair Catherine Hanaway , whose term ends March 31, 2024.
  • Glynias joined Husch Blackwell in 2003 and has been with the firm for his entire legal career.
  • “Joe played a key role recruiting me to Husch Blackwell, and is a walking example of our firm’s commitment to clients, people, and diversity, equity, and inclusion,” said Jamie Lawless , a non-lawyer business professional who assumes the role of Chief Executive of the firm on February 1.
  • “I am extremely excited about Jamie serving as our next Chief Executive and helping her chart our course forward,” Glynias said.

Reliance Matrix Ranked Top Absence Management Provider

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Professional Services, Business, Legal, Insurance, Human Resources, Consulting, FMLA, API, Mental health, Matrix, Benchmarking, Progress, Growth, Online shopping

Reliance Matrix, a technology-driven absence and employee benefits company, has been recognized as the leading Absence Management provider in the 2023 Design, Delivery and Outcomes in the Integrated Disability, Absence and Health Management Marketplace, an industry benchmarking survey by Spring Consulting Group, LLC (“Spring Consulting”).

Key Points: 
  • Reliance Matrix, a technology-driven absence and employee benefits company, has been recognized as the leading Absence Management provider in the 2023 Design, Delivery and Outcomes in the Integrated Disability, Absence and Health Management Marketplace, an industry benchmarking survey by Spring Consulting Group, LLC (“Spring Consulting”).
  • Reliance Matrix ranked #1 with 19% market share and more than 9 million employees supported across the US.
  • “We are very appreciative of this independent validation of our growth in a dynamic market,” said Mark Marsters, President of Matrix Absence Management and Chief Operating Officer of Reliance Matrix.
  • For more information, visit RelianceMatrix.com or contact your Reliance Matrix sales or account manager.

Parento Launches Parental Leave Insurance with Joshu

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Thursday, January 11, 2024
FMLA, Family, State, Bureau, Policy, Insurance, Fintech, PFL, Growth, Child, Parent, Parental leave

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Joshu , the platform to build, distribute, and grow digital insurance products, is pleased to announce Parento , the only provider dedicated to expanding paid maternity and paternity leave, has successfully launched parental leave insurance on the Joshu Platform .

Key Points: 
  • MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Joshu , the platform to build, distribute, and grow digital insurance products, is pleased to announce Parento , the only provider dedicated to expanding paid maternity and paternity leave, has successfully launched parental leave insurance on the Joshu Platform .
  • Currently, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) enables eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave.
  • Parento is reshaping the parental leave landscape by helping employers offer up to 16 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, complemented by leave management and unlimited, high-touch parent support.
  • The pioneer in paid parental leave insurance, Parento alleviates the financial and logistical pain points for employers with 10 or 10,000 employees.