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Northwest Renal Network
(Network 16)

Alaska,   Idaho,   Montana,   Oregon,   Washington  

Northwest Renal Network
4702 42nd Ave SW
Seattle WA 98116
(206) 923-0714
fax: (206) 923-0716

Toll-Free Line for Patients Only: (800) 262-1514

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Northwest Renal Network is a private non-profit corporation whose mission is to promote optimal dialysis and transplant care for kidney patients in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.   Who We Are and What We Do includes links to our Annual Reports.   Here is a copy of the introductory letter that we send to all new patients.

Our Emergency Preparedness page contains links to information useful to both patients and to facilities.   Emergency facility closures nation-wide are centralized at http://www.dialysisunits.com/, but from time to time we may also add local information on facility closures at http://www.nwrenalnetwork.org/facilities.htm.

Issues of Network Consumer News, our newsletter for patients, family, and friends, are indexed at http://www.nwrenalnetwork.org/P/NCN.htm.   More information for patients can be found on our For Patients page.

Our latest Network News newsletter for providers includes articles on immunization, advance care planning, helping patients understand home dialysis options, guidelines for assessment and referral to vocational rehabilitation, Dialysis Facility Compare, our email news bulletin service, the importance of quality of life indicators, timely assessment and appropriate transplant referral, what's new at the Network, and Patient Advisory Committee volunteer opportunities.   See also our For Clinical Staff page for more information useful to providers and professionals, our Conditions for Coverage page for the latest news on the new 2008 Dialysis Conditions for Coverage, and our Information Management page for facility Data Coordinators.

Northwest Renal Network is an active participant in the Fistula First Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative for increasing the use of AVFistulas.   Our Fistula First page includes a long list of resources for both patients and professional staff.   This project follows our successful 2002 Quality Improvement Project, Back to the Basics: Increasing the Use of Arterial Venous Fistulas in Hemodialysis Patients.   In addition to the Back to the Basics final report, you can find a list of useful materials for increasing fistula use.

Our News Bulletins page keeps up with major news about kidney dialysis and transplantation.   Our For Patients and For Clinical Staff pages summarize news and links to other resources of interest to patients and professional staff respectively, while our Links to Resources page connects you to other websites that are useful for both patients and staff.   Don't miss RenalWEB, an excellent, comprehensive additional resource.

Explore some of our Summary Statistics and Reports, including Annual ESRD Incidence, Annual Dialysis Prevalence, Clinical Performance Measures and Network Goals, Dialysis Facility Reports Summary, and Health Planning Data or Dialysis Modality Reports, a quarterly patient census.

We also have a page for renal-related Job Openings in the Northwest.

You can Locate a Facility here for dialysis or kidney transplant in our five-state region, compare it to other facilities at Dialysis Facility Compare, and check for facility closure in the national database and in our local closure bulletins.   The Nephron Facility Database stores information on facilities outside the Network area, and lists the services offered by each facility.   For information on other Networks, and on the overall Network program, please see the websites of the ESRD Network Coordinating Council, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
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The Network responds to questions or concerns from patients and staff about the quality of care, and has a formal grievance process.   We've included a page on The Role of Northwest Renal Network in Handling Complaints and Grievances, a statement of Patient's Rights, and a list of State Survey Agency and CMS contacts.

Our Privacy Policy:   We do not collect any information about you when you visit our site.   Be forewarned that email can be intercepted easily, so please do not put confidential information into an email to us.   If you have a grievance about dialysis or transplant care, please refer to the Grievance Protocol Summary for details about the confidentiality and privacy of grievances.

Please call us if you find this site useful, if you have ideas for improving it, or if you find a broken link, typo, or other problem.

List of Alaska Dialysis Facilities

List of Idaho Dialysis Facilities

List of Montana Dialysis Facilities

List of Oregon Dialysis Facilities

List of Washington Dialysis Facilities    Link to ESRD Network Coordinating Council

Page updated June 23, 2010                               

This website is designed and maintained by Northwest Renal Network while under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland, Contract #HHSM-500-2006-NW016C.   The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy.


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