Patient Assistance Programs (PAP)
for Specialty Pharmacy Medications

Most specialty pharmacy medications are very expensive, creating higher copays for patients. Various organizations, including pharmacuetical manufacturers and not-for-profit organizations, provide patients with financial support to assist them in paying for all or part of these costly copays.

CoramRx patient-care coordinators will assist you with finding and contacting financial support groups. Listed below is a sampling of various patient assistance programs.

Copay Foundations

The organizations listed in this directory offer a variety of services and resources for consumers and caregivers. Please note that some organizations may charge a fee for access to services. This listing is not an endorsement of these organizations, or information they may disseminate. We strongly suggest you discuss any information you receive from these organizations with a qualified professional before making any changes in your healthcare, insurance coverage or home care provider.

Cancer Care

A national, nonprofit organization that provides free, professional support services for anyone affected by cancer.

275 Seventh Ave., Floor 22, New York, NY 10001
Tel   800.813.HOPE
Email  info@cancercare.org
Web  www.cancercare.org

Chronic Disease Fund

The Chronic Disease Fund is a non-profit, full service financial and medication assistance organization, supporting patients with more than a dozen different diseases, including many types of cancer, multiple sclerosis, asthma and macular degeneration. Patients are able to be pre-enrolled by their pharmacies.

6900 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 200, Plano, TX 75024
Tel   877.968.7233
Email  info@cdfund.org
Web  www.cdfund.org

The Healthwell Foundation

A non-profit organization that provides financial assistance to underinsured patients living with chronic or life-altering diseases — such as cancer, asthma and autoimmune disorders — who cannot afford their copayments, coinsurance and premiums for important medical treatments.

P.O. Box 4133, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Tel   800.675.8416
Email  info@healthwellfoundation.org
Web  www.healthwellfoundation.org

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's copay Assistance Program offers assistance to patients toward cancer treatment related copays; private health insurance premiums; private insurance copay obligations; Medicare Part B, Medicare Plan D, Medicare Supplementary Health Insurance; and, Medicare Advantage premium or copay obligations.

Copay Assistance Program, P.O. Box 12268, Newport News, VA 23612
Tel   877.557.2672
Web  LLS Copay Program

Medicare Prescription Drug program

The Medicare Prescription Drug program gives you a choice of prescription plans that offer various types of coverage. You may be able to get extra help to pay for the monthly premiums, annual deductibles, and copayments related to the Medicare Prescription Drug program.

Tel  800.772.1213
Web  Extra Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Costs

National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)

NORD is a unique federation of voluntary health organizations dedicated to helping people with rare "orphan" diseases (diseases that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S.) and assisting the organizations that serve them. NORD is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research and service.

55 Kenosia Avenue, PO Box 1968, Danbury, CT 06813
Tel  203.744.0100 or 800.999.6673 (voice mail only)
Email  RN@rarediseases.org
Web  www.rarediseases.org

Patient Advocate Foundation

A national non-profit organization whose copay Relief Program provides financial assistance to patients who meet certain qualifications to help them pay for the prescriptions and/or treatments they need. This assistance lets patients who have chronic, life threatening and/or debilitating illnesses afford the out-of-pocket costs for these items that their insurance companies require.

Copay Relief, 421 Butler Farm Road, Hampton, Virginia 23666
Tel  866.512.3861
Web  www.copays.org

Patient Access Network (PAN)

PAN helps thousands of underinsured patients afford the copayments for their cancer or chronic disease medications. PAN is dedicated to providing underinsured patients with copayment assistance through 21 disease-specific funds that give patients access to the treatments they need.

PO Box 221858, Charlotte, NC 28222
Tel  866.316.PANF
Email  contact@patientaccessnetwork.org
Web  www.panfoundation.org

Patient Services Inc (PSI)

PSI is a non-profit, charitable organization that provides premium and copayment assistance to patients with certain chronic illnesses. PSI helps patients locate suitable health insurance coverage and access ways to satisfy expensive copayments.

P.O. Box 1602, Midlothian, VA 23113
Tel  800.366.7741
Email  uneedpsi@uneedpsi.org
Web  www.patientservicesinc.org