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There are more than 78,000 Americans waiting for a kidney transplant, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Worse, the gap between the number of patients waiting and the number of kidney transplants performed has grown by 110% in the last decade.

Cutting the lengthy wait for a kidney will take more than innovative changes in medical practice, according to the National Kidney Foundation. As part of a new initiative unveiled in late January, the patient service and advocacy organization said compensation should be part of the solution.

That represents a shift from the group’s 2003 position that “offering direct or indirect economic benefits in exchange for organ donation is inconsistent with our values as a society.” Now, NKF recommends that deceased donors’ families and living donors be reimbursed for donation-related costs or medical care. For living donors, that would include lifelong coverage for any medical problems related to the donation.

The whole shebang.

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Physicians who receive $100 or more from drugmakers or device manufacturers over the course of a year would have those payments posted to the Web under bipartisan Senate legislation introduced in January.

The new bill is stricter than a version of the measure circulated last year that received support from industry and organized medicine groups, including the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the American Medical Association.

The reintroduced legislation, known as the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, came amid another round of disclosure and conflict-of-interest policies announced by doctors and academic health systems.

The whole shebang.