Overview

PHFPQ LAN meetings support CMS and ESRD Network Pilot QIA efforts to:

• Improve dialysis care coordination with a focus on reducing hospital utilization.
• Positively impact the quality of life of the ESRD patient with a focus on mental health.
• Support gainful employment of ESRD patients.
• Positively impact the quality of life of the ESRD patient with a focus on pain management.

PHFPQ LAN meetings help to identify interventions to improve specific pilot QIA rates.

2019 Supporting Gainful Employment of ESRD Patients LAN Webinars

• Helping Patients Work Using SSA Work Incentives 
  April 16, 2019 
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• Ticket to Work
  March 7, 2019
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• Approaches to Reducing Hospitalizations in ESRD Patients
  February 28, 2019
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• Depression in Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease: Similarities and Differences in Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Management 
  February 21, 2019
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2019 Best Practices

The following best practices were identified from the PHFPQ LAN events:

Educate facility staff and eligible patients between the ages of 18–55 about working while on dialysis with the following materials:

• The Ticket to Work educational flyer titled, Debunking the Three Biggest Myths about Disability Benefits and Work.
• The Ticket to Work success story titled, Peter’s Success Story.
• The work incentive article titled, Working on Home Dialysis: What Dialysis Staff Should Know.