FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 20, 2017 FOR MORE Information:Deborah PelaezMarketing & Communications Manager813-400-2394dpelaez@aakp.
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October 16, 2017 – Protecting Access to Pain Relief (PAPR) Coalition written comments in response to a meeting of the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (IPRCC)
October 16, 2017 Linda L. Porter, PhD
Pain Policy Advisor, Office of Pain Policy
Office of the Director
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 31 Center Drive, Room 8A31
Bethesda, MD 20892 Dear Dr. Porter: As undersigned members of the Protecting Access to Pain Relief (PAPR)
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October 16, 2017 – Letter to Acting Sect. Hargan on Nat’l Clinical Care Commission Act
October 16, 2017
Acting Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington, D.C.
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AAKP CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS FOR ITS MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2017 Media Contact: Deborah Pelaezdpelaez@aakp.org813-400-2394 THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS FOR ITS MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS – HONORING KIDNEY COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE Tampa, FL – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
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October 7, 2017 – Joint Letter to increase transplant rates
October 7, 2017 Dear Chairmen Brady and Walden and Ranking Members Neal and Pallone: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we are writing to you to urge you to consider enacting legislation that would require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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Hurricane Maria Information (posted October 5, 2017)
We have all followed the recent hurricanes that have affected so many Americans. Many of our fellow patients have struggled with the challenges of maintaining their regular dialysis treatments and getting their lives back in order as they faced interruptions in transportation, water shortages and power outages.
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A message from the AAKP MAB Chairman To Florida Dialysis Patients (posted Sept. 6, 2017)
A message from the AAKP MAB Chairman
To Florida Dialysis Patients
A hurricane is coming in a few days, watch the news and optimally try to get out of its path – evacuate if appropriate.
Make sure you have enough medications.
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AAKP NATIONAL PATIENT MEETING POSTPONED WITH HURRICANE IRMA APPROACHING
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2017 MEDIA CONTACT: Deborah Pelaez, 813-400-2394 or dpelaez@aakp.org TAMPA, FL – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
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July 18, 2017 – Living Donor Protection Act Coalition Letter
AAKP at NAACP’s 108th Annual Convention (posted July 28, 2017)
As a part of our ongoing national strategy of outreach to patients at-risk, AAKP was invited to host a pop-up health session and full exhibit at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 108th Annual Convention in Baltimore, MD on July 25 and 26, 2017. At the pop-up session, AAKP’s President Paul T.
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