When Gury Doshi, MD, learned that a patient’s insurance didn’t cover her breast cancer medication, Doshi had a potential workaround. The patient could try to bypass the insurer and access the drug at ...

On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a federal district court’s ruling against the Pharmaceutical Coalition for Patient Access (“Coalition”), rejecting its ...

On this Ropes & Gray podcast, health care partner Michael Lampert and counsel Sam Perrone, and litigation & enforcement partner Andrew O’Connor, rejoin to discuss patient assistance programs, recent ...

The U.S. government’s patient assistance program enables eligible Medicare recipients to receive Paxlovid at no cost until December 31, 2025. However, also in 2025, the FDA revoked the emergency ...

Drugmakers offer “copay assistance programs” to help people afford expensive medicines. But health insurers are milking these ...

You may qualify for free Restasis through the drug’s manufacturer, myAbbVie Assist. That said, you won’t use your Medicare coverage. Restasis (cyclosporine), a brand-name eye drop for chronic dry eyes ...

A long-standing ask from drugmakers, it was expected to expand such programmes to more patients on the drugs, or for more drugs to be supported by such PAPs. Almost a year on, and a day away from ...

Co-pay accumulators and maximizers are 2 programs that insurers have started implementing to help them redirect financial assistance from the patient, said Kimberly Westrich, MA, chief strategy ...

Health care costs in the United States continue to rise, placing greater financial pressure on health care purchasers and consumers. According to the KFF’s 2024 Employer Health Benefits Survey, ...

Arcutis Cares provides ZORYVE™ (roflumilast) cream 0.3% at no cost for financially eligible individuals who are uninsured or have Medicaid or Medicare Part D prescription coverage and cannot afford ...

In response to the rise of telehealth post-COVID, Central Massachusetts’ largest healthcare system has established a new Digital Hub, looking to centralize remote medicine and streamline operations at ...