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October 16, 2017 – Protecting Access to Pain Relief (PAPR) Coalition written comments in response to a meeting of the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (IPRCC)

October 20, 2017

October 16, 2017 Linda L. Porter, PhD Pain Policy Advisor, Office of Pain Policy Office of the Director National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 31 Center Drive, Room 8A31 Bethesda, MD 20892 Dear Dr. Porter: As undersigned members of the Protecting Access to Pain Relief (PAPR)

October 16, 2017 – Letter to Acting Sect. Hargan on Nat’l Clinical Care Commission Act

October 19, 2017

October 16, 2017 Acting Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington, D.C.

AAKP CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS FOR ITS MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS

October 19, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2017 Media Contact: Deborah [email protected] THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS FOR ITS MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS – HONORING KIDNEY COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE Tampa, FL – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)

October 7, 2017 – Joint Letter to increase transplant rates

October 7, 2017

October 7, 2017 Dear Chairmen Brady and Walden and Ranking Members Neal and Pallone: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we are writing to you to urge you to consider enacting legislation that would require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

AAKP NATIONAL PATIENT MEETING POSTPONED WITH HURRICANE IRMA APPROACHING

September 6, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2017 MEDIA CONTACT: Deborah Pelaez, 813-400-2394 or [email protected] TAMPA, FL – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)

July 18, 2017 – Living Donor Protection Act Coalition Letter

August 21, 2017

The Honorable U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Rep. :

INDEPENDENCE FOR WORKERS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE MEANS KEEPING JOB AND AVOIDING DISABILITY

July 3, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 3, 2017 MEDIA CONTACTS Deborah Pelaez, AAKP Marketing and Communications Manager [email protected]; 813-928-2921 Gary Green, AAKP Executive Director [email protected]; 1-212-417-0426 INDEPENDENCE FOR WORKERS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE MEANS KEEPING JOB AND AVOIDING DISABILITY WASHINGTON, D.C.

NATIONAL REPORT SAYS INDEPENDENCE FOR WORKERS WITH KIDNEY DISEASE MEANS KEEPING JOBS, MANAGING DISEASE, AND AVOIDING DISABILITY

June 30, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 29, 2017 MEDIA CONTACTS: Deborah Pelaez, AAKP Marketing and Communications Manager [email protected]; 813-928-2921 Gary Green, AAKP Executive Director ggreen@aakp.

June 28, 2017 – LCD Reconsideration Number AB0016, Immune Globulin Intraveneous (IVIg)

June 28, 2017

Via E-mail Arthur Lurvey, MD, FACP, FACE Contractor Medical Director Noridian Healthcare Solutions 900 42ns Street South Fargo, North Dakota 58103 Eileen Moynihan, MD Contractor Medical Director Noridian Healthcare Solutions 900 42nd Street South Fargo, North Dakota 58103 Dear Drs. Lurvey and Moynihan: RE:

EARNING A PAYCHECK: NEW INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON KEEPING CKD PATIENTS WORKING

June 22, 2017

Nephrology News & Issues June 22, 2017 A report from the American Association of Kidney Patients and the Medical Education Institute outlines initial steps to help employed individuals with progressing chronic kidney disease keep their jobs. The 78-page paper, entitled “KidneyWorks: