Press Room
December 2018
National Kidney Foundation Bestows Highest Honor on San Francisco’s Neil Powe, MD
Dr. Powe to receive the David M. Hume Memorial Award at the 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY, Dec. 4, 2018 - Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers...
December 2018
Pittsburgh’s Dr. Beth Piraino to Receive National Kidney Foundation's J. Michael Lazarus Award
Award to be presented at the 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY, Dec. 4, 2018 - Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers the work of hundreds of...
June 2018
NKF Statement on the California Ballot Initiative, The Fair Pricing for Dialysis Act
All quotes for attribution to National Kidney Foundation
New York, NY—June 15, 2018 —“The Fair Pricing for Dialysis Act, a ballot initiative put forth in California by the...
October 2018
Helping Older Kidney Patients Make Fundamental Care Decisions
A new project launched by National Kidney Foundation and Tufts University
New York, NY—October 10, 2018—The National Kidney Foundation is collaborating with Tufts University on...
September 2018
New Social Campaign Urges California Voters to Vote NO on Prop 8
The ballot initiative is dangerous for kidney patients and could result in cuts in their care
New York, NY—October 1, 2018—Today the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is...
August 2018
New Webinar Training for Primary Care Providers to Detect and Delay Progress of Chronic Kidney Disease
Program offered by National Kidney Foundation and TMF Health Quality Institute
New York, NY—Tuesday, August 7, 2018—A new webinar training program for primary care providers...
July 2018
NKF Statement on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Rule on Medicare Payments to Dialysis Facilities
July 12, 2018
Quotes for attribution to National Kidney Foundation
Yesterday evening the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the annual proposed...
May 2018
NKF Statement on American Patients First: The Trump Administration Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs
Quotes for attribution to National Kidney Foundation
New York, NY—May 14, 2018—“The Trump Administration has released its blueprint to help lower costs for prescription drugs...
March 2018
Doctor Honored by National Kidney Foundation for Public Service to Native Americans
New York, NY — April 3, 2018 — Andrew S. Narva, M.D., has been selected by the National Kidney Foundation as the recipient of its 2018 Public Service Award.
Dr. Narva is the...
March 2018
Advocates, Child Star Angelica Hale Headed to Capitol Hill for Kidney Patient Summit
Will reinforce push for early detection, living organ donation, and more funding to fight kidney disease
New York, Thursday, March 1, 2018—Nearly 100 advocates from kidney...