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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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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AAKP 2022 Medal of Excellence Honorees
The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) is honored to recognize the recipients of its 2022 Medal of Excellence Award.
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A Practical Guide to Managing Your Potassium
By Carolyn Feibig, MS, RD, LD, CCTDLiving with chronic kidney disease (CKD) can make menu planning confusing, and even difficult, particularly because your eating patterns change depending on the stage of your disease.
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