HealthInsight, a nonprofit, community-based health care consulting organization, is one of seven entities who were recently awarded major federal contracts from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve quality and access of care for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients.

Bio3 Research S.r.l., Milan - Italy, has been granted by the USPTO a patent which claims the use of oral L-cysteine (Biocysan®) in patients with impaired renal functions who are exposed to severe anemia and to oxidative stress.

Northwest Renal Network hosted an "Explore Transplant" seminar in Portland on June 26, 2011. The goal of the event was to teach dialysis professionals how to speak to patients about transplantation and living donation.