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Professional Updates

Home dialysis is a viable ESRD treatment option, if our kidney care system supports it holistically

Thanks to the recent Advancing Kidney Health executive order and the resulting announcements from HHS and CMS, there has been a renewed focus on the lives of patients living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). What has long been clear to those patients, the doctors caring for them, and those paying … Continued continued

News Release

Cricket Named to the 2019 CB Insights Digital Health 150

Cricket Named to the 2019 CB Insights Digital Health 150 Recognized for Achievements in Innovative Kidney Care Delivery SAN FRANCISCO (October 2, 2019) — Cricket Health, a comprehensive kidney care provider with a personalized, evidence-based approach to managing care, today was named to CB Insights’s inaugural Digital Health 150 ranking. The list showcases the 150 … Continued continued

News Release

Cricket Health Names Colleen Reitan to Board of Directors and Adam Hameed as Chief Development Officer

SAN FRANCISCO (August 26, 2019) — Cricket Health, a comprehensive kidney care provider with a personalized, evidence-based approach to managing care, today announced new additions to the company’s senior leadership team. Former health plan leader Colleen Reitan was appointed to the company’s board of directors and veteran health care executive Adam Hameed will be joining … Continued continued

In The News

Trump Calls for Overhaul of Costly Kidney Dialysis Program

Three times a week, hundreds of thousands of Americans with end-stage kidney disease trudge to dialysis centers to get the treatment that keeps them alive. Costs are exorbitant and growing, and many patients aren’t even told there may be other options. continued

In The News

Understanding Trump’s kidney plan, plus an ACA update

Dr. Carmen Peralta, a nationally known kidney expert at UCSF and chief medical officer for Cricket Health, joins Dan Diamond to discuss the historic problems with U.S. kidney care and what Trump’s plan could accomplish (starts at the 1:35 mark). continued

In The News

Trump Proposes Ways to Improve Care for Kidney Disease

The administration set ambitious goals to move people out of traditional dialysis and to encourage organ donations. continued

In The News

Trump aims to shake up kidney care market

Trump’s executive order — slated to be timed to his 11 a.m. speech Wednesday morning — will direct the government to take steps intended to cut the cost of care and increase kidney donations, according to two individuals with knowledge of the announcement. continued

News Release

Consortium Health Plans Names Cricket Health a Preferred Partner

Cricket brings its innovative, integrated kidney care model to BCBS national accounts SAN FRANCISCO, May 29, 2019 — Cricket Health, an integrated kidney care provider, today announced that Consortium Health Plans, a national collaboration of 21 independently licensed Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Plans, has selected Cricket Health as a Preferred Partner. Through this new collaboration, Consortium’s … Continued continued

Peer-reviewed Studies

A Digital Modality Decision Program for Patients With Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease

Patient education regarding end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has the potential to reduce adverse outcomes and increase the use of in-home renal replacement therapies. continued

Professional Updates

Patient-centered care can’t happen without shared decision-making

Nine out of 10 Americans with stage three chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the U.S. are not aware they have it. At a time when the health care industry champions patient-centered care, far too many patients discover they have kidney disease only after their kidneys fail. continued