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  1. Step 1: AKI
     • What is acute kidney injury (AKI)?
  2. Step 2: ESRD diagnosis
     • What does an end-stage renal disease (ESRD) diagnosis mean?
  3. Step 3: First dialysis
     • What can I expect at my first dialysis treatment?
  4. Step 4: Choosing a center
     • What should I know before I choose a kidney transplant center?
     • How do I choose a kidney transplant center?
     • What do a kidney transplant center’s SRTR numbers tell me, and what don’t they tell me?
     • Can I be evaluated or listed at more than one transplant center?
     • Can I go to a transplant center in another state?
     • Where do children get kidney transplants in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut?
     • How do I get referred to a kidney transplant center?
     • Can I contact a transplant center myself?
     • Transplant centers
       • Which hospitals do kidney transplants in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut?
  5. Step 5: Transplant conversations
     • How does the kidney transplant conversation start?
     • Who can refer me for a kidney transplant?
     • Does my dialysis unit have to talk with me about a transplant?
     • Living donation
       • Who can be a living kidney donor?
       • Does a living kidney donor have to be related to me?
       • What is paired kidney exchange?
       • Can a living kidney donor change their mind?
       • Who looks out for a living kidney donor during the process?
       • Who pays for a living kidney donor’s medical costs and other costs?
       • What help is there for living kidney donors in New York?
       • What follow-up care does a living kidney donor need?
       • How do I talk with someone about donating a kidney?
  6. Step 6: Evaluation & tests
     • What tests come with a kidney transplant evaluation?
     • What happens at a kidney transplant evaluation?
     • Who will I meet during a kidney transplant evaluation?
     • How long does a kidney transplant evaluation take?
     • How do I get to kidney transplant evaluation visits if I don't drive?
     • What if I'm told I can't be referred or listed for a kidney transplant yet?
     • Who can help me with insurance questions about a kidney transplant?
  7. Step 7: Waiting list
     • What happens while I’m on the kidney transplant waiting list?
     • When does my kidney waiting time start?
     • Does time on dialysis before I joined the kidney waiting list count?
     • What does “inactive” mean on the kidney transplant waiting list?
     • How do I find out my status on the kidney transplant waiting list?
     • Can I move my kidney waiting time to another transplant center?
     • Can I be on the kidney transplant waiting list at more than one center?
     • What is the eGFR waiting-time correction for Black kidney patients?
     • What do KDPI and EPTS mean when I get a kidney offer?
     • What should my dialysis unit do while I wait for a kidney transplant?
     • Can I be taken off the kidney transplant waiting list, and what can I do?
  8. Step 8: Transplant day
     • What happens on kidney transplant day?
  9. Step 9: Aftercare
     • How often will I see the transplant team after surgery?
     • Why do anti-rejection medicines matter after a kidney transplant?
     • What if I can’t pay for my kidney transplant medicines?
     • When does Medicare end after a kidney transplant?
     • What is Medicare Part B-ID, and what doesn’t it cover?
     • What should make me call my transplant team right away?
     • What happens if my kidney transplant stops working?
     • What is care like after a kidney transplant?
• Dialysis teams
  • At intake
  • Find out what came in with them.
  • The same date. A different day.
  • The next step starts with what they say.
  • Their story has more than one care team.
  • A place for their words. A way for the unit to listen.
  • Their story. Their choice to share.
  • A conversation tool. With clear limits.
  • Make room for their side of the story.
  • Referral and tracking rules
    • What do the ESRD Conditions for Coverage require for transplant referral?
    • When must the dialysis team assess and reassess each patient?
    • What must a dialysis facility document when a patient isn't referred for a transplant?
    • What must the dialysis team do while a patient is on the transplant waiting list?
    • Which payment year 2027 measures involve depression screening or transplant waitlisting?
    • What changes in the CY 2027 ESRD PPS final rule?
    • Who helps with a dispute between a patient and a dialysis facility?
    • How can a dialysis care team hear from patients between visits?
• How TransplantCheck works
  • Day one at the dialysis unit
  • A journal in the patient’s own words
  • Check-ins in about 30 seconds
  • Learning about transplant
  • What is shared, and when
  • What the care team sees
  • Keeping track of transplant steps
  • What TransplantCheck does not do
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• About us
  • Key facts
  • Who we are
  • What is this guide for?
  • How we check facts
  • What we don’t do
  • How do I report a mistake?
  • Questions to bring to your team
  • Privacy and sharing
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    • After something is shared
    • Help and emergencies
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• Specs and security
  • Patient information stays at the clinic.
  • How the phone reaches the clinic.
  • Staff sign in only at the clinic.
  • On the patient’s phone.
  • What the clinic’s computer needs.
  • No patient information goes to AI services.
  • Our path to SOC 2.
  • Vendors and agreements.
  • Report a security problem.
  • Changes.
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