Voluntary patient assistance programs: Additional federal oversight unwarranted

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 835-838

  Johnson, Ken ^a  

^a Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PARTNERSHIP FOR PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SHORT SURVEY;

BENEFICENCE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 66749100133     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.3.835     Document Type: Short Survey

References (14)

1. Shirley Sobolewski, interview by author in Nashville, Tennessee, 18 December 2006.
2. Partnership for Prescription Assistance data collected by Virilion, December 2008.
3. N. Choudhry, "Drug Company-Sponsored Patient Assistance Programs: A Viable Safety Net?" Health Affairs 28, no. 3 (2009): 827-834.
4. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, "Partnership for Prescription Assistance," April 2005, http://www.pparx.org/ ViewCompanies.php (accessed 15 October 2008).
5. PhRMA Survey of Member Companies, 2005-2008 (compiled by Tina Como).
6. Senate Finance Committee, Inspector General Guidance on Patient Assistance Programs (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, June 2005).
7. "Special Advisory Bulletin: Patient Assistance Programs for Medicare Part D Enrollees," Federal Register 70, no. 224 (22 November 2005): 70623-70642.
8. KRC Research Satisfaction Survey, April 2005-June 2007
9. Regarding $14 billion in free medication, see PhRMA Survey of Member Companies, 2005-2008.
10. KRC Research Satisfaction Survey.
11. Ibid.
12. 21 U.S. Code, sec. 801 et seq.
13. KRC Research Satisfaction Survey.
14. PPA data collected by Virilion, January 2009.