FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 11, 2022 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Jennifer Rate Marketing and Communications Manager (813) 400-2394 HIGH POTASSIUM THREAT TARGETED BY KIDNEY PATIENTS Third Annual National Awareness Day Smashes Records for Engagement Tampa, FL – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
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Patient Profile: AAKP Ambassador Mihi Wickramasinghe
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Home Dialysis, COVID, and Beyond - A Patient Profile: AAKP Ambassador Mihi Wickramasinghe AAKP Ambassador Mihi Wickramasinghe Mihi is 21 years old and living with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). She is on peritoneal dialysis (PD), a home dialysis therapy, and currently looking for a living donor.
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Patient Profile: AAKP Ambassador Melissa Bensouda
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Home Dialysis, COVID, and Beyond - A Patient Profile: AAKP Ambassador Melissa Bensouda AAKP Ambassador Melissa Bensouda At the age of 24, Melissa was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) after giving birth to her second daughter.
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AAKP signs onto letter to ask CMS to preserve access to critically important diagnostics and continued use of ICD-10 NOS codes
April 6, 2022 Jonathan Blum Principal Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Delivered electronically Dear Mr. Blum:
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Re: Oregon Waiver Renewal Application
April 11, 2022 Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Re: Oregon Waiver Renewal Application Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: We are writing to comment on the Oregon application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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CAMPAIGN TARGETS HIGH POTASSIUM THREAT TO KIDNEY PATIENTS
CAMPAIGN TARGETS HIGH POTASSIUM THREAT TO KIDNEY PATIENTS PATIENTS KICK OFF “ARE YOU O-K+?” CAMPAIGN FOR HIGH POTASSIUM AWARENESS DAY ON MAY 1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 28, 2022 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Jennifer Rate Marketing and Communications Manager (813) 400-2394 jrate@aakp.org Washington, D.C.
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AMERICA’S TOP KIDNEY PROFESSIONALS RECEIVE EXCELLENCE MEDALS
AMERICA’S TOP KIDNEY PROFESSIONALS RECEIVE EXCELLENCE MEDALS Largest Kidney Patient Group Honors Care and Innovation Leaders FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: Jennifer Rate Marketing & Communications Manager jrate@aakp.org (813) 400-2394 Washington, D.C. - The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
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AAKP requests Congress to extend telehealth regulatory flexibilities beyond COVID.
s Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Minority Leader United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20510 Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, and Minority Leader McCarthy:
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Nephrology Nursing and Leadership: Through the Eyes of a Person with CKD
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Nephrology Nursing and Leadership: Through the Eyes of a Person with CKD A special podcast hosted by AAKP’s strategic allied partners at the American Nephrology Nurses’ Association (ANNA) Featuring Lillian Pryor, MSN, RN, CNN; 2020-2021 President of the ANNA; 2021 AAKP Medal of Excellence Award Honoree (Nursing Category)
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NATION’S LARGEST KIDNEY PATIENT GROUP HONORS VETERANS
NATION'S LARGEST KIDNEY PATIENT GROUP HONORS VETERANS Watch AAKP Discussion with VA Dr. Paul Palevsky WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
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