Chapter 5: Health and Mental Health

Section 6: Prescription Drug Assistance

American Kidney Fund

6110 Executive Blvd., Ste. 1010
Rockville, MD 20852

800-638-8299 Toll Free

helpline@akfinc.org
www.akfinc.org

The following direct financial assistance programs are offered by the American Kidney Fund to needy dialysis and kidney transplant patients nationwide. For further information about these and other programs please call the Patient Services Department toll-free at 1-800-638-8299 or contact the social worker at your dialysis center.

The Individual Grants Program provides financial assistance to qualified dialysis patients who are referred by their physicians and social workers. Grants are provided for treatment-specific expenses such as transportation, over-the-counter medicines, medication co-payments, kidney donor expenses and other necessities such as dentures.
The Pharmacy Grant Program enables qualified renal patients to receive urgently needed medications, nutritional products, and durable medical supplies. The Kidney Fund has contracted with ECHO Pharmacy®, a mail order pharmacy, to provide medications and supplies at discount prices, thereby increasing the purchasing power of patients' grants.
Disaster Relief Program helps ESRD patients get back on their feet when catastrophic events strike their communities. This program provides funds to assist patients get replacement medications, food and household items and pay for other necessities lost because of natural disasters such as flooding, hurricanes, etc.
The Sherer Travel-Related Dialysis Program assists eligible dialysis patients to afford treatment while traveling. Patients or facilities may be reimbursed for the 20% of treatment costs not covered by Medicare or any other source for emergency transient dialysis. Grants are limited to travel necessitated by death or serious illness in the family or for the purpose of kidney transplant workup only. The Sherer Program is funded through a bequest from the Estate of Vera L. Sherer.

Disability Resources, Inc.

Dept. IN
Four Glatter Ln.
Centereach, NY 11720-1032

631-585-0290 Voice/Fax

info@disabilityresources.org
www.disabilityresources.org

A listing of multiple websites for Prescription Drug Assistance programs. Follow this link to the Disability Resources, Inc. webpage on Prescription Drug Assistance programs, www.disabilityresources.org/RX.html.

Medication Assist

OU Medical Center
Presbyterian Professional Building
711 Stanton L. Young, Ste. 700
Oklahoma City, OK 73104

866-751-7797 Toll Free
405-271-6278 Voice 405-271-6287 Fax

Merck

www.merck.com/merckhelps/

Merck Patient Assistance Program, Merck Prescription Discount Program, Merck Vaccine Patient Assistance Program and Medicare Assistance.

National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD)

P.O. Box 8923
New Fairfield, CT 06812-8923

800-999-6673 Toll Free
203-746-6518 Voice
203-746-6481 Fax

www.rarediseases.org

Medication Assistance Programs: NORD administers prescription drug assistance programs for people who are uninsured or underinsured. The programs are sponsored by pharmaceutical companies and focus on provision of specific medications. NORD also has early access programs that provide access to some investigational drugs going through the process of FDA approval. Follow this link to the NORD webpage for their Medication Assistance Program, www.rarediseases.org/programs/medication.

Oklahoma Drug Card

877-321-6755 Toll Free

cs@freedrugcard.us
oklahomadrugcard.com

A free prescription drug discount program.

OklahomaRx Discount Card

800-511-7410 Voice

www.okrxdiscount.com

Individuals who do not currently have health insurance with prescription drug coverage (or those who regularly exceed their maximum yearly benefit for prescription drugs) will realize the greatest savings. So, if you do not already have full prescription drug coverage, this program could save you a lot of money.

Prescription Drug Patient Assistance Programs

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
950 F. St., NW
Washington, DC 20004

888-477-2669 Toll Free
202-835-3400 Voice
202-835-3414 Fax

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.

RX For Oklahoma

Prescription Drug Program

877-794-6552 Voice

www.okcommerce.gov/content/1676

RX for Oklahoma helps Oklahomans access prescription assistance programs provided by pharmaceutical manufacturing companies. RX for Oklahoma staff will take your demographic information including name, age, address and income as well as prescription(s) needed and dosage(s). This information is then entered into a special database that generates the appropriate paperwork for the pharmaceutical companies for which you are eligible.

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