NeedyMeds

http://www.needymeds.com/

NeedyMeds is a web-based information resource for people who need assistance paying for health care.

RxAssist

http://www.rxassist.org/

RxAssist is a pharmaceutical access information center created by Volunteers in Health Care (VIH), a national resource center for safety net organizations. VIH operates out of the Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention, based at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, a Brown Medical School teaching and research facility located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

VIH was established in 1997 originally to assist and connect organizations across the country using volunteer clinicians to deliver health care to the uninsured. VIH quickly realized that pharmaceutical access is a key problem. Safety net organizations were struggling to meet their patients’ medication needs; applying to the pharmaceutical companies’ patient assistance programs was cumbersome and purchasing medication was expensive. As the years progressed, with each year bringing rising costs of medications, safety net health care providers were stuck with a dilemma: how could their patients receive the highest quality of care if they couldn’t purchase medicine?

In 1999, with input from organizations across the country, VIH launched our website, RxAssist.org. RxAssist.org streamlines the application process for the pharmaceutical industry’s patient assistance programs. Combined with our staff’s extensive knowledge of pharmaceutical access issues and the creation of technical assistance tools, VIH and RxAssist are nationally recognized as expert resources for safety net organizations, policymakers, clinicians and the media.

Through RxAssist.org, Volunteers in Health Care offers:

• A comprehensive database of pharmaceutical company patient assistance programs. RxAssist was the first website to make application forms available online
• Extensive resources on using and understanding pharmaceutical company patient assistance programs
• Materials and information tailored to providers and consumers on medication access, including fact sheets, FAQs and “how to” guides
• Connections to programs and professionals across the country who are wrestling with issues of medication access, including a dynamic listserv
• Staff who are able to assist organizations starting or operating programs providing medication or pharmacy assistance
• Staff who are able to provide a national perspective on pharmaceutical access issues and strategies

Volunteers in Health Care received support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to update RxAssist.

Partnership for Prescription Assistance

https://www.pparx.org/Intro.php

The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private program that’s right for them. Many will get them free or nearly free. Its mission is to increase awareness of patient assistance programs and boost enrollment of those who are eligible. Through this site, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance offers a single point of access to more than 475 public and private patient assistance programs, including more than 180 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies. To access the Partnership for Prescription Assistance by phone, you can call toll-free, 1-888-4PPA-NOW (1-888-477-2669).

In order to find out what patient assistance programs you may qualify for, all you have to do is answer a few short eligibility questions. This site will help supply you with the information you need to get involved in a program and even allow you to download applications online. You can then follow the instructions on the application to apply.