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Includes Credits Recorded On: 04/26/2023
This webinar provides essential resources and CDC-backed strategies to prevent bloodstream infections in dialysis facilities, helping providers enhance patient safety and infection control.
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Recorded On: 03/24/2025
119th Congress and Trump Administration Outlook for Dialysis:
Join us for an upcoming webinar entitled "What to Expect for Dialysis Providers and RHA Priorities in the New Congress and New Administration.” This webinar, hosted by Mehlman Consulting’s bipartisan partners Lauren Aronson and Dean Rosen will review the 2024 election results, highlight new leaders in Congress, and key Trump Administration officials, and discuss how the federal policy agenda will impact Renal Healthcare Association (RHA) members and key advocacy priorities. This session will provide insights into how shifts in the political landscape may influence policies affecting renal care quality, dialysis patient services, Medicare reimbursements, and early intervention strategies for preventing end-stage renal disease.
Dean Rosen
Partner
Mehlman Consulting
A partner at Mehlman Consulting, Dean Rosen is one of Washington’s foremost experts on America’s complex health care system—and a master of both the politics and policies that shape it. With three decades of experience developing and advancing health policy initiatives on Capitol Hill and in the private sector, Rosen has been named a “Top Lobbyist” by The Hill, a “Power Player” that healthcare groups turn to by Modern Healthcare, and one of the “DC Healthcare Power Players Who Shape the Rules for a $3.5 trillion industry” by Business Insider. Rosen advises a wide range of health care stakeholders, from established players to startups trying to gain a foothold in Washington, DC. He has represented health systems and hospitals, medical colleges and physician professional organizations, health insurers, clinical laboratories, biopharmaceutical companies, nonprofit foundations, and multinational employers. He helps clients shape national policy and navigate the transformational changes taking place in the nation’s health care system. Through multiple roles with the David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship, the Society of Health Policy Young Professionals, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellowship, Rosen has devoted decades to supporting and mentoring the next generation of health policy leaders. In 2023, Rosen joined the Distinguished Executive Council of Cressey & Company, providing strategic advice to the leading mid-market health care private equity firm. Prior to joining Mehlman Consulting, Rosen held a series of high-level positions in both the private sector and government, including on key committees in both the Senate and House. As the Chief Healthcare Advisor to former Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), a leading voice on national medical and health issues, Rosen helped draft and navigate to final passage landmark legislation creating a Medicare prescription drug benefit and President George W. Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to combat HIV/AIDS. Rosen also helped pass laws in the wake of the September 11 and bioterrorism attacks in 2001 to ensure that local, state, and national public health systems had new authorities and resources to respond to future threats. Earlier, Rosen served as Staff Director for the Senate Subcommittee on Public Health, Majority Counsel for the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Health Policy Coordinator for the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources (now the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee). While at Ways and Means, he played a leading role in crafting the Medicare provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. At Labor, he was the lead Senate staffer drafting the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Rosen’s policy, legal, and management experience expands beyond Capitol Hill. He served as Senior Vice President of Policy and General Counsel for the Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA), and practiced law at Dow, Lohnes and Albertson in Washington, DC.
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Recorded On: 03/28/2025
Join us for the next session of our Phosphorus Binders in the Bundle series on March 28! This webinar will focus on claims and reimbursement challenges, providing insights on billing complexities, payment considerations, and best practices for navigating the dialysis bundle. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from experts and get your questions answered!
Adrian Amedia, MHA, CMPE
Owner
Independent Dialysis Group, LLC
Adrian Amedia currently serves as the RHA Treasurer and is the owner of Independent Dialysis Group, LLC. He has extensive experience with Nephrology and Dialysis billing, payer contracting, EHR integration, dialysis facility operations, access center operations and healthcare business development. Independent Dialysis Group operates 7 clinics in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Providing over 25 years of care ranging from HD, PD, HHD and SNF HHD.
Becky Berg, MBA, BSN, RN, CDN
Dialysis Director
Sanford Health
Becky Berg is a native of North Dakota and is currently living in Thief River Falls MN. She has 3 very active kids who keep her busy year round. She has worked as a dialysis floor nurse, charge nurse, unit manager and now regional Dialysis Director for Sanford Health. She is currently co-chair of both the Education and Quality Committees. She created the 2018 version of the RHA QAPI tool and is currently working with a Task Force to create an updated tool. She joined the RHA Board of Directors last fall.
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Recorded On: 02/26/2025
RHA members, join us for an interactive discussion on the implementation of phosphate binders in the dialysis bundle. This exclusive meetup is an opportunity to exchange insights, discuss challenges, and share strategies for integrating phosphate binders effectively. Bring your questions, experiences, and expertise as we navigate this important change together!
Adrian Amedia, MHA, CMPE
Owner
Independent Dialysis Group, LLC
Adrian Amedia currently serves as the RHA Treasurer and is the owner of Independent Dialysis Group, LLC. He has extensive experience with Nephrology and Dialysis billing, payer contracting, EHR integration, dialysis facility operations, access center operations and healthcare business development. Independent Dialysis Group operates 7 clinics in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Providing over 25 years of care ranging from HD, PD, HHD and SNF HHD.
Becky Berg, MBA, BSN, RN, CDN
Dialysis Director
Sanford Health
Becky Berg is a native of North Dakota and is currently living in Thief River Falls MN. She has 3 very active kids who keep her busy year round. She has worked as a dialysis floor nurse, charge nurse, unit manager and now regional Dialysis Director for Sanford Health. She is currently co-chair of both the Education and Quality Committees. She created the 2018 version of the RHA QAPI tool and is currently working with a Task Force to create an updated tool. She joined the RHA Board of Directors last fall.
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Includes Credits Recorded On: 04/26/2023
This presentation will provide resources for preventing infections in the hemodialysis setting and will focus on increasing the use and visibility of CDC evidenced-based practices. Bloodstream infections are a dangerous complication of dialysis. Nurses, medical providers, technicians and others who work in dialysis facilities face a difficult task of managing complex conditions affecting their patients while simultaneously focusing on reducing the risk of infection for these at-risk individuals. In this presentation, we will discuss the burden of bloodstream infections in hemodialysis, present the Core Interventions for bloodstream infection prevention in the dialysis setting, discuss the value of auditing in dialysis facilities using CDC tools & resources, and discuss the benefits of becoming a member of the Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition.
CE Credit: 1.00 | Post-Webinar Survey Required
Presented April 2023Shannon Novosad, MD, MPH
Medical Officer in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Shannon Novosad is a Medical Officer in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and currently serves as team lead for the Dialysis Safety Team. Dr. Novosad received her medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She completed internal medicine residency training at Duke University and subspecialty training in pulmonary/critical care medicine at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). In 2015, Dr. Novosad came to CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer assigned to the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion where she investigated outbreaks in healthcare settings. Her areas of concentration include prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections and increasing safety of patients on dialysis. She has assisted with agency wide responses at CDC including developing guidance for and supporting dialysis facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stephanie Booth, HCA, CIC
Infection Prevention Educator
Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition
Stephanie Booth is the Infection Prevention Educator for the Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition. She has a degree in Health Care Administration (HCA), a Certification of Infection Control (CIC), and is contracted in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC). Stephanie’s expertise relies heavily on her 15+ years experience in the dialysis setting as a certified tech, bio-med tech, coordinator, and educator.
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Includes Credits Recorded On: 12/13/2023
RHA is proud to announce a new version of the QAPI tool! It has been over 5 years since we have updated this tool and there are many improvements.
The new document has an improved dashboard that allows the data to be viewed monthly, quarterly or trending over the course of the year, through graphs and raw data. Action plans now include readily available, automated data and root cause analysis tools. The burden of Department of Health survey prep is reduced with automated data gathering. With this new tool you will have the option of putting your home program data with your incenter data or using the same tool separately for each modality.
CE Credit: 1.00 | Post-Webinar Survey Required
Presented December 2023Becky Berg, MBA, BSN, RN, CDN
Dialysis Director
Sanford Health
Becky Berg is a native of North Dakota and is currently living in Thief River Falls MN. She has 3 very active kids who keep her busy year round. She has worked as a dialysis floor nurse, charge nurse, unit manager and now regional Dialysis Director for Sanford Health. She is currently co-chair of both the Education and Quality Committees. She created the 2018 version of the RHA QAPI tool and is currently working with a Task Force to create an updated tool. She joined the RHA Board of Directors last fall.
Melanie Thingvold RN, CDN
Regional Supervisor
Altru Health System
Melanie lives in Roseau, MN. She is married and has three children. She began her dialysis career in 1999 in Bemidji, MN working as an LPN. She then obtained her RN and CDN. Over the last 20 years she has worked in numerous nephrology and dialysis roles at Altru Health System including CKD educator, vascular access coordinator, patient care supervisor and the last 10 years as the regional dialysis clinic supervisor. She dedicates significant time to the quality program including annual enhancements to improve the accuracy and efficiency of internal reporting.
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