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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, 2017Media Contact: Deborah [email protected] 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)

Hurricane Maria Information (posted October 5, 2017)

October 5, 2017

We have all followed the recent hurricanes that have affected so many Americans. Many of our fellow patients have struggled with the challenges of maintaining their regular dialysis treatments and getting their lives back in order as they faced interruptions in transportation, water shortages and power outages.

A message from the AAKP MAB Chairman To Florida Dialysis Patients (posted Sept. 6, 2017)

September 6, 2017

A message from the AAKP MAB Chairman To Florida Dialysis Patients A hurricane is coming in a few days, watch the news and optimally try to get out of its path – evacuate if appropriate. Make sure you have enough medications.

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. :

VP R. Knight, BOD Dave White and Dr. Greer

July 28, 2017

As a part of our ongoing national strategy of outreach to patients at-risk, AAKP was invited to host a pop-up health session and full exhibit at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 108th Annual Convention in Baltimore, MD on July 25 and 26, 2017. At the pop-up session, AAKP’s President Paul T.

July 26, 2017

AAKP’s Diana Clynes with FRAA President, Amy Kozsuch MSN, MBA, HCM, BSN The AAKP was honored to be invited to present and exhibit at the 2017 Florida Renal Administrators Association Meeting.

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.