FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 16, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: Jennifer Rate Marketing and Communications Manager (813) 400-2394 jrate@aakp.org KIDNEY PATIENTS NAME TOP SAFETY LEADERS AMIDST COVID-19 AAKP Honors Yale’s Dr. Alan Kliger and UK Scientist Shahid Muhammad WASHINGTON, D.C.
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NATIONAL HIGH POTASSIUM AWARENESS DAY PATIENT PROFILE ARTICLE

Rozelle Callangan, AAKP Global Ambassador
By Deborah Pelaez, aakpRENALIFE Independent Writer
Rozelle was born with underdeveloped, small kidneys. As a baby, Rozelle suffered from numerous urinary tract infections and was diagnosed with kidney disease.
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REMOTE JOB FAIR FOR KIDNEY PATIENTS LINKS DISEASE AND EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 12, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: Jennifer Rate Marketing & Communications Manager jrate@aakp.org (813) 400-2394 REMOTE JOB FAIR FOR KIDNEY PATIENTS LINKS DISEASE AND EMPLOYMENT ISSUES AAKP and CareerEco Partner to Connect Employers to Kidney Patients Including Veterans Washington, D.C.
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HIGH POTASSIUM THREAT TARGETED BY KIDNEY PATIENTS
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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Nate Boutcher, AAKP Global Ambassador (Canada), Shares His Kidney Story for National High Potassium Awareness Day – “Are You O-K+?”

Nate grew up watching his father live with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In 2014, when Nate’s kidneys failed at age 22, he had already learned a lot about the living with kidney disease and the negative effects of not following a kidney-friendly diet from his dad.
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National High Potassium Awareness Day: Patient Story, Chef O

Chef Oliver Hale, better known as “Chef O,” is a retired celebrity chef, having professionally cooked for over 48 years. Throughout his career, he has made 315 cooking shows and nine video awards. For about 21 years, he has also been hosted educational cooking demonstrations for kidney patients.
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Patient Profile: AAKP Ambassador Mihi Wickramasinghe

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

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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