January 8, 2021
Featured Speaker Liz Helms, Founding Director of the Chronic Care Policy Alliance on New Voices of Change Podcast Episode
Get the Medications Right Institute’s Voices of Change Podcast features leaders who have knowledge, experience and ideas to solve the…
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COVID-19: The Most Lethal Pandemic in 102 Years – A Presentation by William Bommer, MD, FACC, FACP
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CCPA Toolkit for COVID-19 and the Chronic Disease Community
As an organization representing health consumers with chronic conditions across the country, the Chronic Care Policy Alliance understands the concern…
Read MoreDecember 11, 2020
FDA Takes Key Action in Fight Against COVID-19 By Issuing Emergency Use Authorization for First COVID-19 Vaccine
For Immediate Release December 11, 2020 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first emergency use authorization (EUA)…
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Chronic Disease Prevention Linked To Patient Engagement, Counseling
Hannah Nelson Patient Engagement Hit December 3rd, 2020 Patient engagement in the form of behavioral counseling sessions about healthy behavior…
Read MoreDecember 10, 2020
Copay Accumulators Q&A with Larry LaMotte
What is copay assistance and how does it affect access to medications for patients? Copay assistance (often called a copay assistance, copay coupon, or simply a copay card) that can significantly help commercially insured patients pay their out-of-pocket costs for medicines at the pharmacy counter. Instead…
Read MoreDecember 2, 2020
COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project Launches To Further Inclusion and Dialogue Around Potential COVID-19 Vaccines
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today, a group of 64 leading organizations including the Chronic Care Policy Alliance and others…
Read MoreNovember 24, 2020
Statement on Most Favored Nation Interim Final Rule Issued by the White House
The Chronic Care Policy Alliance (CCPA) strongly opposes and calls for the withdrawal of the “Most Favored Nations” (MFN) Interim Final Rule.CCPA is a network of state and regional advocacy organizations advancing public policy that improves the lives of those…
Read MoreNovember 20, 2020
Thanksgiving Tips for a Healthy Holiday
This year, holiday plans may look a little different. With Thanksgiving approaching, scientists and public health experts have outlined recommendations…
Read MoreNovember 20, 2020
Medicare beneficiaries can pick from more than 30 Advantage Plans. How to get it right
CNBC Sarah O’Brien November 20, 2020 There’s a chance that if you’re enrolled in Medicare, an Advantage Plan is on…
Read MoreNovember 19, 2020
Factsheet: Patient Access to Medication Threatened by Federal “Copay Accumulator” Rules
Millions of patients rely on copay assistance programs to afford prescription medications, but recent federal policies around copay accumulator programs threaten to increase patients’ out-of-pocket costs. In an effort to increase awareness around why copay accumulator programs are harmful to…
Read MoreNovember 18, 2020
New Normal, Same Cancer – Addressing the Decline in Cancer Diagnoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption across cancer care, including declines in cancer diagnoses across California and the nation. As physicians…
Read MoreNovember 12, 2020
Will Moving to Another State Affect My Medicare Coverage?
Rachael Zimlich, RN, BSN Healthline Medicare is a federal healthcare program, so moving from one state to another will not…
Read MoreNovember 6, 2020
Medicare open enrollment: Key changes to know for 2021
Dhara Singh Yahoo!Money Medicare open enrollment for 2021 is underway, and both new enrollees and veteran ones should be aware…
Read MoreOctober 29, 2020
Webinar Recap: “How Copay Accumulators Hurt Patients: A Policy Discussion For Advocates
On Tuesday, October 27, Chronic Care Policy Alliance (CCPA) hosted a webinar, How Copay Accumulators Hurt Patients: A Policy Discussion For Advocates with guest speaker Randall Rutta, president and CEO of the American Autoimmune Related Disease Association (AARDA). During the…
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