ESRD Network 13

To promote safe, equitable, and effective health care and to engage patients and their families as full and active members of the ESRD health care team.

Alliant ESRD Network 13 is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, serving the communities of Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, and providing services on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to kidney patients and their providers.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded new five-year task orders to Alliant Health Solutions to serve as a Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractor (NQIIC) for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Networks 7, 8, 13, and 14, expanding its reach across Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

In these ESRD Networks, Alliant will work on national priorities and goals, collaborating with stakeholders on interventions that target patients, dialysis and transplant providers, and other healthcare providers. CMS has directed Networks to incorporate a focus on rural health and vulnerable populations in all task order activities.

Alliant will focus on CMS priorities including improving patient safety, enhancing behavioral health outcomes, expanding access to transplant and home dialysis, and reducing hospitalizations. The work will emphasize data-driven strategies, innovation, and partnership to drive measurable improvements in ESRD care. Key program goals include:

– Improving care for patients with complex and high-cost chronic conditions
– Reducing hospital admissions, readmissions, and emergency department visits
– Delivering targeted Quality Improvement (QI) interventions

Do NOT email any patient-specific information (Name, Date of Birth, Social Security Number, etc.) to the ESRD Network 13 office. Please do not ever email any patient specific information to the Network’s office as this will result in a HIPAA security violation.

STAFFING

• Executive Director – Mary Albin, BS, CPHQ | Email: mary.albin@allianthealth.org

• Deputy Director, ESRD – Sheila McMaster, MSN, RN, CNN, CPHQ | Email: sheila.mcmaster@allianthealth.org

• Quality Improvement Advisor – Arlandra Taylor, BS | Email: arlandra.taylor@allianthealth.org

• Quality Improvement Advisor – Hayley Errington | Email: Hayley.errington@allianthealth.org 

• Health Information Coordinator – Mary Jane Dearman | Email: mary.dearman@allianthealth.org

• Quality Improvement Advisor – Grace Robbins, BSN, RN | Email: grace.robbins@allianthealth.org

• Quality Improvement Advisor – Koby Guthrie, LMSW | Email: koby.guthrie@allianthealth.org

• Patient Services Manager – Cassandra Hanna, LMSW | Email: cassandra.hanna@allianthealth.org

DUE TO HIPAA EMAIL ENCRYPTION AND AUTHENTICATION STANDARDS, NETWORK 13 IS NOT PERMITTED TO SEND OR RECEIVE PATIENT-SPECIFIC DATA VIA EMAIL. PLEASE DO NOT SEND PATIENT-SPECIFIC DATA TO NETWORK 14 VIA EMAIL. AS ALWAYS, USE PHONE, FAX OR REGULAR MAIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION.

Email:
esrdinfo@allianthealth.org

Address:
Alliant ESRD Network 13
P.O. Box 105337
Atlanta, GA 30348

Phone:
Office: 972-503-3215

Patient-Only Toll Free: 1-877-886-4435

Fax:
Fax: 972-503-3219