for clients with private insurance. contractors that offer co-pay assistance have you thought about...
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For Clients with Private Insurance
Contractors that offer Co-Pay AssistanceHave you thought about how much you could
save if co-pay assistance programs were used?
Co-Pay assistance programs are available from the major drug companies to pay the co-pays for ARVs as well as other drugs.
An analysis of all co-pay assistance provided in three Regions for ARVs ONLY was conducted for one month.
The results were amazing!
A Sample taken from Region AHad 277 co-pays for ARVs Encompassed several months from one area
but only one month from other areasThe total dollar amount for the copays was
$16,464If Region A had used co-pay assistance
programs, they would have had to pay $2,667Region A would have saved $13,797.
A subset of Region BHad 136 co-pays for ARVs in the month of
JulyThe total co-pay amount that was paid was
$9,067If the subset of Region B used co-payment
assistance programs (one provider already does) they would have paid $2,634.
The subset of region B would have saved $6,433.
A Sample from Region CHad 49 co-pays for ARVs for a month chosen
at randomThey paid $5,146 in co-pay assistanceIf they used co-pay assistance programs they
would have paid $2,255They would have saved $2,892
The total amount saved by using co-pay PAPs:
$23,122
Co-Pay PAP Assistance Information Name of Drug
CompanyDrugs Covered Contact
InformationProgram Details
Abbott Kaletra, Norvir 800-222-6885 Pays the first $50 per Rx per month but not really co-
pay program. Covered by regular PAP with same
eligibility criteriaBoehringer Ingelheim Viramune Distributed by health care
ProvidersPays the first $50 per month
Bristol-Meyers Squibb Atripla, Reyataz, Sustiva, Videx, Zerit
Sustiva/Reyataz: 888-281-8981 Atripla: 866-784-3431
or product website
Pays first $200 per month per drug. No income
requirementsGilead Sciences Atripla, Emtriva, Truvada,
VireadFor all but Atripla: 888-358-
0398 or product websitePays the first $200 per
month per drug. No income requirements
Merck & Co Isentress 866-350-9232 or website: www.isentress.com
Pays the first $400 per month. No income
requirementsTibotec Intelence, Prezista 866-961-7169 You pay first $5 per month,
then they pay $100. No income requirements
ViiV Healthcare (GSK) Combivir, Epivir, Epzicom, Lexiva, Rescriptor, Retrovir, Selzentry, Trizivir, Viracept,
Ziagen
888-825-5249 Covers both Pfizer and GSK drugs. Phone very difficult to navigate. Best to use
website: www.mysupportcard.com
Uses a card and covers the first $100 per month. No
income requirements