Jennifer Duplessie

AAKP signs onto letter to ask CMS to preserve access to critically important diagnostics and continued use of ICD-10 NOS codes

April 12, 2022

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:

Re: Oregon Waiver Renewal Application

April 12, 2022

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)

CAMPAIGN TARGETS HIGH POTASSIUM THREAT TO KIDNEY PATIENTS

March 28, 2022

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.

AMERICA’S TOP KIDNEY PROFESSIONALS RECEIVE EXCELLENCE MEDALS

March 22, 2022

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)

AAKP requests Congress to extend telehealth regulatory flexibilities beyond COVID.

March 8, 2022

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:

December 1, 2021

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)

NATION’S LARGEST KIDNEY PATIENT GROUP HONORS VETERANS

November 10, 2021

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)

KIDNEY PATIENTS MOBILIZE FOR GREATER DISEASE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

November 6, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 6, 2021 KIDNEY PATIENTS MOBILIZE FOR GREATER DISEASE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION The Decade of the Kidney™ Includes New Therapies, Home Dialysis, and Artificial Organs WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)

132 Organizations Ask for Key Medicare Part D OOP Reforms in Budget Reconciliation Package

October 1, 2021

September 9, 2021 Chairman Ron Wyden Senate Committee on Finance 219 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Chairman Frank Pallone House Committee on Energy and Commerce 2125 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Chairman Richard Neal House Committee on Ways and Means 1102 Longworth House Office Building

September 23, 2021

AAKP 46th Annual National Patient Meeting Mobilizing for Innovation and Independence Day Two (9/25/21) - Closing Remarks Transcribed from closing remarks made by Richard Knight, AAKP President AAKP President Richard Knight Hello again, everyone. The past two days have been exciting.