Anna Sutton was shocked when she received a letter from her husband's job-based health plan stating that Humira, an expensive drug used to treat her daughter's juvenile arthritis, was now on a long ...

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To ease the financial burdens patients struggle with because of high out-of-pocket costs, Northwell Health is enhancing its financial assistance programs. The initiative includes the introduction of a ...

Atlas Health taps into financial assistance programs for patients to help hospitals get paid. AI connects the money, patients and health systems. At any given time, there are more than 20,000 ...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, Pharma Patient Assistance Programs (PAP) have been a lifeline for many patients seeking access to essential medications. These programs aim to help ...

One of the most powerful components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was the mandate that nonprofit hospitals provide an income-based financial assistance program. But 10 years after the passage of ...

Limited evidence from a literature review suggests that co-pay assistance was associated with improved treatment persistence/adherence across various diseases, with indirect evidence suggesting ...

AbbVie is facing a lawsuit from a pharmaceutical assistance company stemming from the drugmaker discouraging patients and employers from doing business with the company and naming it in a lawsuit in ...

When Beth Waldron got a letter from her health insurance provider last year that her blood thinner Eliquis would no longer be covered, she faced two options: Change to another medication that could ...

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The state Department of Health has expanded its financial assistance program for state medical marijuana patients, including waiving annual fees for eligible patients enrolled in financial hardship ...