U.S. regulators have issued a third warning this year for German healthcare group Fresenius to improve procedures at its sites, this time a blood bag manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico. FULL STORY »
U.S. Renal Care has completed its acquisition of Ambulatory Services of America after first announcing in June the planned merger of the dialysis companies. FULL STORY »
U.S. Renal Care will acquire Ambulatory Services of America under a definitive merger agreement that the Plano, Texas-based dialysis company announced Tuesday. FULL STORY »
Tim Weaver, an 18-year-old college student who lives in Naperville, Ill., is one of the estimated 30,000 people in the U.S. who rely on intravenous nutrition products to keep them alive. FULL STORY »
By Matthew Perrone / Associated Press | May 29, 2013
Federal health regulators are allowing overseas imports of critical intravenous drugs used to nourish premature infants, amid a shortage that has affected hospitals nationwide. FULL STORY »
DaVita, the Denver-based kidney-care provider, has forged its second international deal this month and will enter the dialysis market in Taiwan. FULL STORY »
By Beth Kutscher | January 05, 2013
| Print Magazine
Less than one month after the Government Accountability Office called on the CMS to recalculate payments to dialysis providers, the fiscal cliff compromise sets in motion cuts that would squeeze out $4.9 billion in savings. FULL STORY »
By Claire Bushey, Crain's Chicago Business | December 20, 2012
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation has plans to battle for patients against Fresenius Medical Care, the world's largest provider of dialysis treatments. FULL STORY »
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