Public Comments & Correspondence
This section includes public comments & correspondence made by the American Association of Kidney Patients staff or board members individually or in conjunction with other organizations.
- Message From AAKP President: Winter 2019
- April 23, 2018 –Request Funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- March 19, 2018 – Friends of NIDDK Request Funding for National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- February 28, 2018 – Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 (H.R. 4143)
- December 1, 2017 – AAKP expresses concerns about continued access to kidney transplantation with the Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 (S. 2065 / H.R. 4143)
- October 20, 2017 – H.R. 1133 Letter in Support of the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017
- 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 – Letter to Acting Sect. Hargan on Nat’l Clinical Care Commission Act
- October 7, 2017 – Joint Letter to increase transplant rates
- July 18, 2017 – Living Donor Protection Act Coalition Letter
- June 28, 2017 – LCD Reconsideration Number AB0016, Immune Globulin Intraveneous (IVIg)
- June 12, 2017 – Dialysis Patients Demonstration Act of 2016 (H.R. 5942) Capitated Arrangements Threaten ESRD Patients’ Access to Transplant
- April 25, 2017 – National Clinical Care Commission Act’s proactive and innovative approaches to diabetes and its disease complications
- March 20, 2017 – Alliance for Home Dialysis congratulates Seema Verma as CMS Administrator
- February 23, 2017 – Support George Washington University Hospital Transplant Institute and their application under the Certificate of Public Need (COPN)
- September 19, 2016 – Dialysis Patients Demonstration Act of 2016 (H.R. 5942) – Capitated Arrangements Threaten ESRD Patients’ Access to Transplant
- AAKP & Renal Physicians Association Ask Congress to Intervene in ESA Policy Decisions
- The HIV Organ Policy Act , an AAKP Public Policy Priority, Is Now Law
- AAKP & Renal Physicians Association Ask Congress to Intervene in ESA Policy Decisions
- The HIV Organ Policy Act , an AAKP Public Policy Priority, Is Now Law
- 21st Century Cures Roundtable
- The New Five Star Dialysis Rating System
- Support for Lifetime Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Saves Lives and Dollars
- Endorsement of legislation to address donation of organs from HIV-infected donors to benefit HIV-infected recipients
- Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, Quality Incentive Program, and Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies
- Saving Protected Class of Immunosuppressant Drugs
- Request for expedited review of importation of additional peritoneal dialysis solution
- Medicare Coverage article regarding hemodialysis frequency
- Revised Rule for Payment Policy under the Physician Fee Schedule for 2015
- Prospective to Improve ESCO Program
