June 25, 2018
Almost 1 in 10 Americans – men, women, and children of all ethnicities and income levels – has diabetes.1 One…
June 19, 2018
Treating asthma is not a one-size-fits-all exercise, as patients and clinicians well know. So why do some health plan policies suggest otherwise? The question drives a new policy brief from the Institute for Patient Access.
June 19, 2018
The more than 25 million Americans with asthma experience wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Their condition can…
May 31, 2018
Diabetes is becoming more common. But access to appropriate care for people living with diabetes? Not so much. So explains a new white paper from the Institute for Patient Access.
March 9, 2018
There was a lot of head nodding at the inaugural meeting of the Alliance for Patient Access’ Diabetes Therapy Access…
December 14, 2017
As 2017 draws to a close, let’s take a look back at the highlights in patient access this year.
November 15, 2017
An estimated 210 million people worldwide suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, the third leading cause of death in the United States. This November 15, on World COPD Day, advocates and patients worldwide seek to raise awareness and to advocate for access to treatment.
October 3, 2017
“Managing diabetes is an all-day, every-day task for millions of Americans,” explains a new video from the Diabetes Policy Collaborative.
August 10, 2017
Opting for cheaper prescription drugs seems like an obvious way to cut health care costs. The assumption has led health plans to employ utilization management techniques with increasing frequency in recent years. And it’s given rise to a newer phenomenon known as “non-medical switching,” where health plans exclude a drug from coverage or increase patients’ out-of-pocket burden in hopes of persuading patients to take a less expensive drug.
August 1, 2017
Health benefits designs in both private and public health insurance programs include mechanisms to control the costs of care, resulting…
