Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: A s kidney care faces evolving challenges in health care policy, research funding, and workforce development, ASN will continue to advocate for kidney health policies that ensure optimal care for patients and support for professionals in the field.As a leading voice in the health care policy arena, ASN is leveraging expertise of its Policy and Advocacy Committee, Quality Committee, and Transplant Policy Committee to shape its annual policy priorities.ASN will embark on an ambitious policy agenda in 2025, structured around two primary goals: 1) establishing an Office of Kidney Health and Transplantation within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and 2) advancing the "STAND" for Kidney Health framework.At least 10 components across the federal government (including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Defense, Food and Drug Administration, Health Resources and Services Administration [HRSA], Indian Health Service, National Institutes of Health [and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in particular], and Department of Veterans Affairs) play an important role in advancing the nation's kidney health, and ASN believes an opportunity exists for stronger coordination on kidney and transplant research across the federal government and in particular within HHS.ASN is advocating for an HHS Officer of Kidney Health and Transplantation, situated in the HHS Secretary's Office, to ensure all components within the department that have a role in kidney health work in coordination to uphold the commitment made by Congress to people living with kidney diseases by setting a strategic vision, fostering coordination, and aligning kidney health policy.ASN will also operate legislative and regulatory levers to advance its comprehensive STAND for Kidney Health framework of its 2025 policy priorities. S Start earlier to prevent, diagnose, and treat kidney diseases.ASN will continue to advocate for early detection and intervention to mitigate the progression of kidney diseases by:
Source: Kidney News
Author: Ryan Murray
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4409212528