0%
Dialysis Patients That Can’t Afford Dental Care1
0%
Dialysis Patients That Rely on a Medical Transportation Service1

Improve Access to Care

DPC’s mission is to improve dialysis patients’ quality of life. A critical element of quality of life for patients is access to dialysis care.

Quality of life is improved when we have:

  • Ability to choose the modality that is consistent with our individual needs;
  • Access to centers that are convenient to travel to;
  • Access to centers that provide the best quality care;
  • Access to centers that are open during hours that permit us to plan dialysis around our lives, rather than having to plan life around our dialysis schedules;
  • Ability to choose the frequency of our treatments in order to maximize the benefits;
  • Access to centers where we can get continuity of care, from our physicians and the rest of the dialysis care team.

Quality of life is impeded when restrictions limit the choices patients have to receive our treatment. To this end, DPC advocates for the broadest possible choice of dialysis care for all patients, and against limitations or restrictions (of financial, policy, or other nature) that effectively limit such a choice.

Explore the Issues

Portrait of senior couple at the clinic leaninig their heads together and looking at the camera smiling while a team of doctors and nurses are standing at the background

Care Coordination

African american female dentist treating patient at clinic

Dental Coverage

A disabled senior African American man has gotten out of a car, and is sitting in his wheelchair. His loving wife is talking to him with her arm around his neck.

Transportation Services

Explore the Issues

Become a Patient Ambassador

Shot of a young businesswoman using a mobile phone at her desk in a modern office

Make a Phone Call

Shot of a young businesswoman using a mobile phone at her desk in a modern office

Make a Phone Call

Related Information

National Kidney Month Reminds Us of the Possibilities of Life on Dialysis

February 21st, 2023|Categories: Article, Care Coordination, Medigap Coverage, News, Patient Ambassadors, Patient's Voice, Policy Issues, Spotlight, Treatment Options|

The coming March marks the start of National Kidney Month, a time to promote kidney health, raise awareness of the obstacles facing patients, and advocate for policies that help them as they navigate life [...]

DPC Responds to Medicare’s Move Toward Medically Necessary Dental Care

August 26th, 2022|Categories: Access to Transplant, Article, Comment Letter, Dental Coverage, Improve Access to Care, Medicare Advantage|

DPC submitted a comment letter applauding the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for its announcement that it will cover dental work for kidney transplant candidates when oral health issues are a barrier to [...]

DPC’s Letter to Hon. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator for CMS, on Move Toward Medically Necessary Dental Care

August 25th, 2022|Categories: Comment Letter, Dental Coverage, Medicare Advantage, Protect Patient Care|

August 25, 2022 Hon. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD  21244 Re: CMS-1770-P (Section II.L.) Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) writes to offer its [...]

Learn More About Policy Issues

A black woman is at a routine medical appointment. The patient is sitting on a medical examination table in a clinic. She is filling out health history and medical insurance paperwork on a clipboard. The woman is waiting for her doctor.

Improve Access to Care

Photo of a young couple calculating home finances

Promote Financial Security

Increase Quality of Care

Advance Patient Choice

Dialysis Patient Citizens 2018 Annual Membership Survey Data