May 24, 2018
Certain elements are critical to the health care that patients with cystic fibrosis need. The Cystic Fibrosis Engagement Network has identified those elements in its new Health Care Bill of Rights for Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis, released this week.
March 22, 2018
More than 1,000 people per day receive treatment in emergency rooms across the country for misusing prescription opioids. And approximately 115 Americans die daily from opioid overdose.
February 22, 2018
Patients covered by Medicaid in Kentucky and Indiana could soon find themselves in a difficult position. According to new rules, recipients must complete 80 hours of “community engagement” or risk losing their health coverage.
September 1, 2017
Vacation season? Perhaps. But summer hasn’t slowed the Institute for Patient Access’ steady stream of physician-led insight on policy issues that matter to patients and their health care providers.
June 20, 2017
In Massachusetts, some patients with epilepsy must try and fail on their health plans’ preferred prescription medications not once, not twice, but three times before getting the treatment their doctor originally prescribed.
June 14, 2017
Clinical pathways in the age of personalized cancer care may be excluding a key component: patient perspective.
June 1, 2017
A congressional effort to improve patients’ access to treatment is generating widespread enthusiasm in the advocacy community.
March 28, 2017
A drug pricing watchdog group had its final say Friday on targeted arthritis treatments – and it may not be good news for patients.
January 6, 2017
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a bill that protects patients from step therapy, marking a victory for advocates in the state.
December 8, 2016
There’s no way to address America’s prescription drug abuse crisis without balanced pain management, explained the National Institutes of Health’s Linda Porter, PhD, at Tuesday’s Summit on Balanced Pain Management.
