On November 26, the National Kidney Registry (NKR) expanded its Donor Shield program, doubling the maximum allowable time for lost wage reimbursement available to donors from 6 weeks to 12 weeks. Donors covered by Donor Shield will be eligible for lost wage reimbursement of up to $2,000 per week for up to 12 weeks, for …
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The National Kidney Registry Announces the Success of Animated Videos Designed to Educate Potential Living Kidney Donors
The National Kidney Registry (NKR) is pleased to announce the successful launch of a series of animated videos designed to educate and engage younger audiences about the importance of kidney donation. These videos, which focus on the Voucher Program and Donor Shield, are already making an impact by raising awareness about living kidney donation and …
National Kidney Registry Facilitates 9,000th Living Donor Kidney Transplant
The National Kidney Registry (NKR) announced the successful completion of its 9,000th living kidney donor transplant, which took place at Hartford Hospital. This milestone represents the most transplants in the world facilitated by a single kidney paired donation registry. The NKR now facilitates 25% of all living donor transplants in the United States, up from …
National Kidney Registry Facilitates 8,000th Living Donor Kidney Transplant
The National Kidney Registry announced the successful completion of its 8,000th living kidney donor transplant, a zero-eplet mismatch that took place with a donor from Mayo Clinic Rochester and a recipient at Hartford Hospital. This milestone represents the most transplants in the world facilitated by a single kidney paired donation registry. The National Kidney Registry …
National Kidney Registry Expands Donor Shield Reimbursement for Living Kidney Donors
Today, the National Kidney Registry (NKR) announced the expansion of its Donor Shield program, increasing the maximum reimbursement for travel and dependent care reimbursement from $5,000 to $6,000 per donor and adding reimbursement for meals. The $6,000 maximum reimbursement applies to travel, lodging, and meal expenses related to kidney donation for the donor and a …
New Survey Points to Factors That Encourage People to Become Living Kidney Donors
According to a new study on attitudes toward living kidney donation in the United States, two important factors that would motivate more people to become living kidney donors are knowing that their family members could receive a kidney if they ever needed one, and knowing that they would not have to pay medical expenses incurred …
National Kidney Registry Removes Disincentives To Living Donation, Adds Dependent Care and Home Blood Draws to Donor Shield
Today, the National Kidney Registry (NKR) announced the expansion of its Donor Shield program for living kidney and liver donors to include reimbursement for dependent care costs (for children or adult dependents of the donor) and free home blood draws for living donors. These enhancements will go into effect over the next 60 days. The …
The National Kidney Registry Congratulates “Amazing Amazonian” Erinn Brown on Her Kidney Donation
Two women who work at an Amazon warehouse in Beloit, Wisconsin, are now connected through kidney donation. In a video shared on the Amazon Vest Life YouTube channel, Erinn’s coworker Deb explained that her daughter-in-law, Brittany, was very close to having to go on dialysis and needed a kidney. Erinn’s grandmother had died of kidney …
National Kidney Registry Launches Spanish Version of Kidney Donor Intake System
The National Kidney Registry’s donor intake system (DASH) is now available in Spanish. This important advancement will make the donor screening and medical questionnaire available in Spanish and will remove the language barriers for Spanish speaking people who are interested in becoming living kidney donors. According to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, 22%, or …
National Kidney Registry Expands Paid Leave Policy for Employees Who Become Living Donors
The National Kidney Registry is proud to announce that it has joined the growing list of organizations that have committed to having a paid leave policy for living organ donation. More than 100,000 people are waiting for a life-saving kidney or liver transplant, but just four in every 25,000 people donate an organ while living.