Association services, namely, promoting the interests of the lives and long-term outcome of kidney patients through education, public advocacy, patient engagement and the fostering of patient communities, and public advocacy for early detection of kidney disease; Association services, namely, promoting the interests of the lives and long-term outcome of kidney patients through public advocacy for increased kidney transplantation and pre-emptive transplantation, full patient choice of either in-center or home dialysis, protection of the patient/physician relationship, promotion of research and innovation, and the elimination of barriers for patient access to available treatment options