[CML] Novartis Response On Assistance For Medicare Patients

[Rob]

I have been in contact with Novartis regarding the situation that so many Medicare patients now face with the large co-payments and deductibles that will be required under the new Medicare prescription drug coverage. Novartis has responded and I will give you a summary of what they have said below. For those patients who will face a serious financial hardship because of the new Medicare program some of the programs listed below may be able to offer some help. 
RobContact Novartis PAP1.  If a patient has financial difficulty in being able to pay the co-payments and deductibles to obtain their Gleevec they can call the Novartis PAP number at 
800-277-2254  They will try to help patients find ways to make the necessary co-payments so they can continue to receive Gleevec.Contact PSI
2.  Novartis and other drug companies have provided funding to a group called Patient Services Inc. http://www.uneedpsi.org/ which can provide financial assistance for co-payments 
based upon the severity 
        of medical and financial need. PSI specifically has a program for CML patients, they will consider providing assistance on a case by case basis for both Medicare and non-Medciare patients. They can consider the following types of help:
Premium Assistance Program# Cobra Payments# High-risk Payments# Open-enrollment Payments# Guaranteed Issue Payments# Full Assistance or Share-of-Cost Copayment Assistance Program
# Full Assistance or Share-of-Cost# Spend down AssistanceFinancial Hardship Waiver Program# Determine eligibility for Copayment Waiver# Determine eligibility for Compassionate Product
Contact Partnership For Prescription Assistance
An additional site that might be able to also provide assistance to CML patients is:Partnership For Prescription Assistance
www.pparx.orgThey help patients find financial resources through public or private
programs.






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