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In the past 24 hours, HHS has launched the $4M KidneyX Empower Prize Challenge to accelerate patient-centered innovation in kidney care, targeting improved data interoperability and prioritizing transplantation over chronic dialysis, with the explicit aim of easing Medicare’s long-term fiscal pressures and addressing disparities in organ transplant waitlists—where Black Americans remain disproportionately represented (KidneyX Challenge, [KFF newsletter](https://connect.kff.org/e3t/Ctc/RB+113/c1ThL04/MVVpd6XhnrGW6nl1gS3lSdkyW33LWhB5M-yFRN8DGmCb5nR3bW50kH_H6lZ3mRW5m54-t3wDdLdW22qn7680HW4kW2B-4mC7kT41nV2GSJ55XgP_SW5w48PX57JNY-W3MpNzv2XmdnHW5trWw93Z0jwkW4HWwYv90QCwJW85wRkg4f-DQsW6Dd3sY71gtD3VTGSJT7v-lWqW1vHmQS8XF7JHW60V_yr1GCKnXW4VT8Vz5XrKM8

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