The tournament will be held on April 30 at Meadowbrook Country Club. As of April 3rd, there were four team slots still available for sponsorship. The program provides last resort financial assistance to needy kidney dialysis patients and transplant recipients by reimbursing them for expenses related to prescription medications, medical and dental services, transportation, nutritional supplements, prescribed medical equipment, and Medicare premiums. The funds for this program, allocated annually by the state legislature, can only be used when no other source of payment is available. The program is administered by the NKFO at no cost to the fund.
Every penny allocated to the program goes to assist patients.
We helped several people get on the kidney transplant list by taking care of their critical dental needs. And we are going to do even more with this year's allocation. Other tribes who have expressed an interest in having a KEEP screening are the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Osage, Cherokee and Seminole tribes as well as the Wewoka Indian Clinic. The conference included a panel discussion dealing with issues of dialysis and transplants. A project of the NKFO and the Oklahoma Amerian Indian Kidney Council, the conference is expected to attract hundreds of health professionals and patients from across the nation, representing scores of tribes and organizations.