2009 News Coverage
West Seattle kidney recipient awarded first prize by Umpqua Bank (West Seattle Herald, December 26, 2009)
Northwest Kidney CEO Wins Healthcare Excellence Honor (Renal Business Today, November 23, 2009)
Merging reimbursement for home training into the proposed bundle is a serious mistake (NephrOnline, November 4, 2009)
Lab Rules in Bundle Could Burden Small Dialysis Organizations (Renal Business Today, October 27, 2009)
State-of-the-art kidney center has opened on the Hill (The Capitol Hill Times, October 1, 2009)
Welcome to the (Proposed) Bundle (Nephrology Times, October 2009)
Obituary of NKC Foundation Trustee John L. McCormack, M.D. (The Seattle Times, September 20, 2009)
Home Dialysis Update: Coalition releases position statement on protecting home dialysis in bundled ESRD payment (Nephrology News & Issues, September 2009)
A Disease Without Symptoms (International Examiner, September 2009)
How Bundling Could Affect Home HD (Renal & Urology News, September 1, 2009)
Ronald Weightman, new activist fights back (Seattle Gay News, August 14, 2009)
How hemodialysis is used to treat kidney failure (USA Today, August 23, 2009)
You Are What You Eat: Food for the road (Ballard News Tribune, August 18, 2009)
Auburn man overcomes kidney condition to pursue career dreams (Auburn Reporter, July 30, 2009)
Kidney transplant leads to new outlook on life (Federal Way Mirror, July 28, 2009)
You Are What You Eat: Ruby Red (Ballard News Tribune, July 24, 2009)
New Kent Kidney Center provides dialysis treatment to patients in South King County (Kent Chamber newsletter, June 24, 2009)
Seattle Southside Commentary by Joyce Jackson (Southwest King County Economic Development Cooperative, June 15, 2009)
New Kent Kidney Center brings dialysis close to home (Kent Reporter, June 12, 2009)
A family affair: Cris Jaimes undergoes kidney dialysis at home with help from his wife and children (Edmonds Enterprise, May 27, 2009)
Celebrating an Underappreciated Organ (ColorsNW, May 21, 2009)
Living with kidney disease (Seattle Times, May 18, 2009)
Island doctor led the world in kidney research and dialysis (Mercer Island Reporter, May 19, 2009)
Kidney Disease Can Strike Even the Strongest (Seattle Medium, April 22, 2009)
Kidney Health Fest for African American Families Educates the Community to Prevent and Treat Kidney Disease (Seattle Medium, April 15, 2009)
Magnolian Bert Lundh to get kidney center award (Queen Anne & Magnolia News, April 1, 2009)
The Salt of the Earth (ColorsNW, March 26, 2009)
Northwest centers raising awareness about kidney disease (Northwest Cable News, March 18, 2009)
Northwest centers raising awareness about kidney disease (King 5 News & MSNBC, March 18, 2009)
Northwest Kidney Centers Hospital Services Department Awarded Joint Commission Certification (Pharmacy Choice, March 13, 2009)
Kidney Health Fest for African American Families Seeks Healthy Recipes for Contest (Open Press, March 11, 2009)
Murray delivers: Pork for salmon (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 10, 2009)
GA Creative developing the brand for the Kidney Research Institute (Bellevue Business Journal, March 2009)
You can stop kidney disease (Bellevue Reporter, March 9, 2009)
Coming to Terms with Kidney Disease (Colors NW.com, March 7-29, 2009)
March is National Kidney Month (Seniors Digest, Seattle-King County Edition, March 1, 2009)
World Kidney Day 2009: Problems & Challenges in the Emerging Epidemic of Kidney Disease (Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2009)
Senator Murray Delivers Hundreds of Millions for King County in 2009 Federal Spending Bill (News from Senator Patty Murray, February 23, 2009)
Northwest Kidney Centers Hospital Services Department Awarded Joint Commission Certification (Bio-medicine, February 20, 2009)
Northwest Kidney Centers Hospital Services Department Awarded Joint Commission Certification (Lexdon Business Library, February 20, 2009)
Joint Commission Recognizes Northwest Kidney Centers (Renal Business Today, February 20, 2009)
NKC Hospital Services Department Awarded Joint Commission Certification (Examiner.com, February 20, 2009)
CMS delays full CROWNweb rollout (Inside CMS, January 21, 2009)
Organ donor recipient hooked on sharing her story (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 20, 2009)
Hats off to you (Letters to the editor, Seattle Times, January 4, 2009)
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