WebEx Overview of Network #15 - (20 minutes )

Network #15 is involved in the assurance of quality care to individuals with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), and also in the collection and validation of information about and treatment of persons with ESRD.

CMS contracts with and funds 18 ESRD Network organizations covering all 50 states and U.S. territories. The territory of Network #15 includes six states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. ESRD is the only disease which entitles an individual to Medicare benefits (with some minimum requirements).

The Network Council is a major advisory committee to Network #15 and includes representatives from: all Network dialysis and transplant facilities; professional disciplines involved in renal care; agencies involved in the treatment of kidney disease; and patients who want to have a Network voice. ESRD Network #15, a consortium of just under 300 dialysis and 14 transplant facilities, serves a population of approximately 15,000 dialysis patients and over 850 transplant patients each year.

Most of the Network's outreach is accomplished through volunteers, health care professionals who deal with kidney disease (physicians, nurses, dieticians, social workers, technicians, administrators), as well as patients. These volunteers work through the Medical Review Board, the Education Committee, the Board of Directors, and the Patient Advisory Committee.

Network #15 does not handle issues dealing with money, payment of bills, or state or federal licensure or certification issues.

The brochure End Stage Renal Disease Networks Program Overview (pdf - 47 pgs) can provide additional details about the program.

Goals

1. To facilitate optimal care to all ESRD patients working in cooperation with facilities’ internal quality improvement programs and through the support of the CMS Health Care Quality Initiative Program (HCQIP). CMS’s definition of quality care, under the HCQIP, includes access to care, appropriateness of care, desired outcomes of care, and consumer satisfaction;

2. To sustain the Network #15 administrative framework to optimally plan, implement and evaluate Network responsibilities and goals and to complete all CMS contract requirements;
   
   
3. To maintain a patient-specific medical information system based on the data set required by CMS and to meet and/or exceed all data reporting requirements of CMS;
   
   
4. To support the CMS goal for the Network program of improving data reporting, reliability, and validity between ESRD providers/facilities, Networks, and CMS;
   
   
5. To promote access to appropriate modalities, including self-care and transplantation;
   
   
6. To promote patient knowledge of and involvement in their ESRD care, and to promote patient rehabilitation;
   
   
7. To serve as a resource and clearinghouse for information to the renal community including information concerning patterns, processes, and outcomes of care to aid in identifying opportunities for improvement as well as the results of both successful and unsuccessful improvement projects;
   
   
8. To assist facilities in developing, implementing, and evaluating intervention strategies to improve patient care and outcomes;
   
   
9. To facilitate resolution of patient grievances;
   
   
10. To work collaboratively with other organizations to facilitate the improvement of care for ESRD patients; and
    
    
11. To promote patient-centered care.

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Network #15 Annual Report

Annual Report 2009 - (pdf - 75 pgs)

Demographics Tables from 2009 Annual Report
All facilities are listed by provider number; additional information about each facility can be found in the "Facility List" section below.

• ESRD Incidence (pdf - 2 pgs) - Newly diagnosed chronic ESRD patients by state of residence, age, gender, race and primary diagnosis for calendar year 2009.
  
  
• ESRD Dialysis Prevalence (pdf) - All active ESRD dialysis patients by state of residence, age, gender, race and primary diagnosis as of 12/31/09.
  
  
• Self-Care Modalites (pdf) - Number of living patients by modality by dialysis facility self-care settings as of 12/31/08 and 12/31/09.
  
  
• All Modalities (pdf) - Number of living patients by modality by dialysis facility in-center as of 12/31/08 and 12/31/09.
  
  
• Renal Transplant by Transplant Center (pdf) - Number of transplants performed by transplant center calendar year 2008 and calendar year 2009.
  
  
• Renal Transplant Recipients (pdf- 2 pgs) - Renal transplant recipients by transplant type, age, gender, race and primary diagnosis for calendar year 2009.
  
  
• Dialysis Deaths (pdf- 2 pgs) - Deaths of dialysis patients by state of residence, age, race, gender, primary diagnosis and cause of death for calendar year 2009.
  
  
• Vocational Rehabilitaion - Number of patients aged 18-54 (as of 12/31) receiving vocational rehab services, employed, or attending school during 2009

Previous Years' Annual Reports and Data Tables

Final Annual Report	2008	2007	2006	2005
Table 1 - ESRD Incidence	2008	2007	2006	2005
Table 2 - ESRD Prevalence	2008	2007	2006	2005
Table 3 - Self-Care Modalities	2008	2007	2006	2005
Table 4 - All Modalitites	2008	2007	2006	2005
Table 5 - Renal Tranpslant by Transplant Ctr	2008	2007	2006	2005
Table 6 - Renal Transplant Recipients	2008	2007	2006	2005
Table 7 - Dialysis Deaths	2008	2007	2006	2005
Table 8 - Vocational Rehabilitation	2008	2007	2006	2005

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ESRD Network Program Summary Annual Reports (SARs)

Each year the ESRD Network Coordinating Center compiles the "Summary Report of the ESRD Network Annual Report" from all 18 ESRD Network Annual Reports and submits it to CMS. The Summary Report provides a review of all 18 Network activities during the previous year and aggregate Network data.

• 2008 ESRD Network Program Summary Annual Report (SAR) - (Note: this is the most recent SAR available.)
• Previous year's reports can be found at the ESRD Network Coordination Center's Website

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Zip Code Reports

The following Zip Code Reports contain Network #15's data for patient totals sorted by zip codes within our six states (AZ, CO, NM, NV, UT, and WY.) If you do not have Microsoft Excel you may still view this report by downloading the Excel Viewer from the Microsoft website.

December 31, 2009 - (MS Excel)
June 30, 2009 Zip Codes - (Microsoft Excel)
December 31, 2008 Zip Codes - (Microsoft Excel)
June 30, 2008 Zip Codes - (Microsoft Excel)
December 31, 2007 Zip Codes (Microsoft Excel)

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Network #15 Facility Lists
Below are lists of both transplant and dialysis facilities and their company affiliation within the six-state region of Network #15. For additional information about specific facilities see the Dialysis Facility Compare page on the CMS Web site.

Arizona (pdf)	Nevada (pdf)	Utah (pdf)
Colorado (pdf)	New Mexico (pdf)	Wyoming (pdf)

Updated 06-01-2010

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Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to Network #15. Therefore, the following is our Internet privacy policy.

We will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information.

While our network will make every attempt to protect the personal information that you share with us, electronic mail is not secure against interception. If your communication is very sensitive, or includes personal information such as your social security number or medical history, you may want to send it by postal mail instead.

The information you send through e-mail may be shared with other networks, CMS, or Medicare if applicable and with your permission. It will not be shared with any other third parties.

Your information will be used for such purposes as described at the point of collection.

We may occasionally update this policy. Notice of revisions will be posted here.

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Intermountain End-Stage Renal Disease Network, Inc.
165 S. Union Blvd., Suite 466, Lakewood, CO 80228
Phone: 303-831-8818     Fax: 303-860-8392
Toll free for patients only: 1-800-783-8818 or 1-888-777-0105

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