Hannah Bracamonte, Author at Dialysis Patient Citizens

Dash of Sage: Introduction
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Dash of Sage: Introduction

Hannah Bracamonte2024-03-29T02:09:00+00:00December 11th, 2012|Categories: Blog, Staff|

An icebreaker activity at the recent board meeting. Can you tell what it is? By Sage B., Grassroots Manager Hi Voice readers! My name is Sage and I recently joined DPC as the Grassroots Manager, which means that I will work with many of you personally to influence state and national kidney disease policies. Each month I will keep you up to date on what we are doing at the local level and share inspiring stories of our patients in action. Thank you for joining me here today, and I hope to see you again next month! Coming to [...]

DPC Urges Caution in Implementing GAO Report Recommendations

Hannah Bracamonte2024-03-29T02:09:01+00:00December 10th, 2012|Categories: Comment Letter, Quality Incentive Program|

From the Welcome Desk at DPC: November

Hannah Bracamonte2024-03-29T02:09:01+00:00November 28th, 2012|Categories: Blog, Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage|

By Stephen C., Administrative Assistant Hello all! I hope everyone’s doing well and you’re all ready for a wonderful (renal-friendly) holiday season. This week, I wanted to share my experience visiting the kind folks at ESRD Network 11 in Milwaukee for their annual meeting. I had a great time talking with nurses and patients about everything we do at DPC. I think my favorite moment during the whole event was when a nurse approached our table and asked me if we were doing anything about immunosuppressant drug coverage for transplant patients. She explained that the lack of immunosuppressant coverage was causing [...]

Changes are Coming to Kidney Transplant Allocation Policies

Hannah Bracamonte2024-03-29T02:09:01+00:00November 27th, 2012|Categories: Access to Transplant, Blog|

By Jessica N., Director of Public Affairs When DPC weighs in on policy proposals, we aim to speak on behalf of the people that we represent. This means that periodically we look to all of you to let us know how you feel about certain changes and how you think they will affect your care…and this is one of those times. Recently, the Organ Procurement Transplant Network (OPTN) and United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) released a proposal to change the way kidney transplants are allocated. The proposal makes several key modifications to current policy that could have an impact [...]

Congressional Corner: November, 2012 Election Results—Status Quo (sort of)
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Congressional Corner: November, 2012 Election Results—Status Quo (sort of)

Hannah Bracamonte2024-03-29T02:09:01+00:00November 14th, 2012|Categories: Blog|

DPC staff excited to show off their voting stickers. By Carrie L., Director of Congressional and State Relations Well, the seemingly endless 2012 election is over, and the result is that not much has changed in Washington. President Barack Obama has been reelected to a second 4-year term and has returned to the White House to get back to business. He immediately faces several hugely important issues including the impending fiscal cliff, a combination of drastic spending cuts, tax increases and a reduction in the budget deficit that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has warned could lead to [...]

Health Reform Implementation Continues at the State Level
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Health Reform Implementation Continues at the State Level

Hannah Bracamonte2024-03-29T02:09:01+00:00October 11th, 2012|Categories: Access to Transplant, Blog, Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage, State Advocacy|

By Carrie L., Director of Congressional and State Relations I have the unenviable job of trying to make state health reform both easy to understand and interesting, but I have given it my best shot. In this article I will be discussing two topics that are important for kidney disease patients, essential health benefit benchmark plans and the formation of state-based health insurance exchanges. State governments and health reform boards have been busy over the past couple of months determining how they will deal with implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in their states. Deadlines have come and gone for [...]

DPC Urges Nevada Commission of Insurance to Not Make Cuts for Patients’ Modality, Transportation, Care and Treatment

Hannah Bracamonte2024-03-29T02:09:01+00:00September 27th, 2012|Categories: Access to Transplant, Comment Letter, Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage, Improve Access to Care, State Advocacy, Transplant Donor Protection, Treatment Options|

Scott J. Kipper Commissioner of Insurance State of Nevada 1818 E. College Parkway, Suite 103 Carson City, NV 89706 Dear Commissioner Kipper: As America’s largest patient-led organization representing dialysis patients, Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) works to improve the quality of life of all dialysis patients through education and advocacy. Today we are writing on behalf of the nearly 3,000 dialysis patients in Nevada to make sure that their health and interests are represented in the State’s essential health benefits plan. DPC is committed to improving patient health and quality of life and to that end, there are several important benefits [...]

Congressional Corner: It’s An Election Year (Just in Case You Happened to Forget)!
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Congressional Corner: It’s An Election Year (Just in Case You Happened to Forget)!

Hannah Bracamonte2024-03-29T02:09:01+00:00September 20th, 2012|Categories: Blog, Uncategorized|

By Carrie L., Director of Congressional and State Relations 2012 is a presidential election year if you couldn’t already tell from the myriad of ads streaming across your televisions, over your radios or filling your mailbox! So much is at stake in this election, and it is important that your voice is heard! Of course, the president is up for election as you and other voters determine who will lead our country and the executive branch of the government for the next four years. Also, 33 Senate seats are up for grabs, with 21 current Democrats, 10 Republicans and 2 Independents [...]

Congressional Corner

Hannah Bracamonte2024-03-29T02:09:01+00:00September 11th, 2012|Categories: Blog, Uncategorized|

By Carrie L., Director of Congressional and State Relations Hi my name is Carrie and I am the Director of Congressional and State Relations at DPC. Each month I will write about what is happening in Congress related to kidney patient issues and try to keep it interesting! What is Congress up to this fall? Well while you may hear in the news that Congress isn’t doing a whole lot, which is partially true, they are actually going to be tackling some tough issues that affect all of us. As Members of Congress return to Washington, DC in September, the first [...]

A Recent Meeting with CMMI

Hannah Bracamonte2024-03-29T02:09:01+00:00September 11th, 2012|Categories: Blog, Care Coordination, Innovation, Promote Financial Security|

By Jessica N., Director of Public Affairs Hi, my name is Jessica and I am the Director of Public Affairs for Dialysis Patient Citizens. That means I create and coordinate the communications that come out of the DPC office, including the Patient Citizen that is on its way to your mailbox. I also work with our policy team on federal initiatives that impact dialysis patients, including changes to Medicare, the “bundle” and QIP and efforts to make sure all of you can take advantage of new policies put in place through health reform. Because my work at DPC is different [...]

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