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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:

Join us for AAKP’s 43rd National Patient Meeting

June 15, 2017

June 12, 2017 – Dialysis Patients Demonstration Act of 2016 (H.R. 5942) Capitated Arrangements Threaten ESRD Patients’ Access to Transplant

June 12, 2017

The Honorable Jason Smith U.S. House of Representatives 1118 Longworth House Office Bldg Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Earl Blumenauer U.S. House of Representatives 1111 Longworth House Office Bldg Washington, DC 20515 RE: Dialysis Patients Demonstration Act of 2016 (H.R. 5942)

April 25, 2017 – National Clinical Care Commission Act’s proactive and innovative approaches to diabetes and its disease complications

April 25, 2017

Dear Senators Alexander, Murray, Collins and Shaheen, Thank you for consideration of the National Clinical Care Commission Act by the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on April 26, 2017.

AAKP President Paul T. Conway Selected to Serve on OPTN/UNOS Kidney Transplant Committee

April 3, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 3, 2017 CONTACT: Deborah PelaezMarketing and Communications [email protected] / (813) 400-2394AAKP President Paul T.

AAKP to Join the Alliance for Home Dialysis and the NAACP for Mississippi Patient Town Hall

March 22, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 22, 2017CONTACT: Deborah PelaezMarketing and Communications [email protected] / (813) 400-2394AAKP to Join the Alliance for Home Dialysis and the NAACP for Mississippi Patient Town Hall AAKP Seeks to Increase Awareness of Home Dialysis for Patients with End-Stage Renal DiseaseWashington, D.C.

March 20, 2017 – Alliance for Home Dialysis congratulates Seema Verma as CMS Administrator

March 20, 2017

The Honorable Seema Verma Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Dear Administrator Verma: The members of the Alliance for Home Dialysis offer their congratulations on your confirmation as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator.

AAKP to Participate in the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs 63rd Annual Conference in Chicago, IL

March 14, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2017CONTACT: Deborah PelaezMarketing and Communications [email protected] / (813) 400-2394AAKP to Participate in the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs 63rd Annual Conference in Chicago, IL AAKP Seeks to Decrease Organ Transplant Waiting List by Advocating Innovation Washington D.C.