Cold Ischemia Foundation · Every Thursday

The Gatekeeper Files

Fifty-two problems people with kidney disease run into, and the payment rule, policy line, or unwritten practice actually causing each one. Pick a week. Read the problem. Flip the card for the rule behind it and the fix.

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Front: the problemSomething patients and families live through, in plain words.
The gateThe specific rule, payment code, or policy that produces it.
Back: the fixWhat the patient can do now, what the care team can change, and what policy must change.
Thursday, Nov 5, 2026 – Thursday, Oct 28, 2027

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