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Visit: www.aircareall.org Call: (888) 260-9707 Email: mail@aircareall.org Visit: www.aircharitynetwork.org Call: (877) 621-7177 Email: Submit questions online at http://aircharitynetwork.org/ContactUs/tabid/201/Default.aspx Air Charity Network is comprised of independent member organizations identified by specific geographical service areas working to coordinate volunteer pilot missions in the continental United States as well as Alaska and Hawaii. Visit: www.aircompassionamerica.org Call: (866) 270-9198 Email: info@aircompassionamerica.org
Call: (918) 749-8992 Angel Flight America is a non-profit charitable organization of pilots who provides the patient and a support person a free flight. Their services are available to individuals, and health care organizations. We will also arrange transportation of those people who are financially distressed, or who are in a time-critical, non-emergency situation due to their medical condition. The flight distance cannot be greater than 1000 miles. Visit: www.corpangelnetwork.org Call: (866) 328-1313 Email: info@corpangelnetwork.org
Visit: www.freedomflightusa.com Email: david@tatumcorp.com
Call: (800) 822-7972 Email: missions@lifelinepilots.org Lifeline Pilots arranges flights to help medically stable individuals to reach medical centers. Visit: www.mercymedical.org Call: (800) 296-1217 Email: info@mercymedicalairlift.org Mercy Medical is a referral service that coordinates with airline partners to offer free flights for ambulatory patients, as well as for patients requiring air ambulance and medical monitoring en route.
Visit: www.patienttravel.org Call: (800) 296-1217 The National Patient Travel Center facilitates patient access to appropriate charitable medical air transportation resources in the United States. The NPTC also develops, administers and consolidates airline patient ticket programs, and operates various Special-Lift and Child-Lift programs on behalf of special disease organizations and/or clinical research centers.
Visit: www.airlifthope.org Call: (800) 325-8908 Email: info@airlifthope.org Airlift Hope is a non-profit organization serving patients in need and their families, providing air transport to specialized medical facilities for evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. Medical air transport is offered to patients departing from North Carolina and Tennessee.
Visit: www.angelflightatnih.org Call: (301) 451-9646 Email: meddy@mail.nih.gov In 2003, the NIH Office of Rare Diseases and the National Human Genome Institute joined with Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic to provide on-site travel assistance so more patients could benefit from leading-edge treatments at the new Hatfield Clinical Research Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
Call: (877) 346-4673 Email: mail@hopeair.org Hope Air (Canada) provides free air travel for Canadians to medical facilities for non-emergency treatment and diagnostic tests not available in the recipient's local vicinity. Seats are donated on corporate, private, commercial and government jets to families who cannot afford to pay for commercial air tickets.
Flight Programs for Military and Veterans
Visit: www.aircompassionforveterans.org Call: (888) 662-6794 Email: OPS@AirCompassionForVeterans.org Air Compassion for Veterans ensures that no financially-stressed wounded warrior / veteran / active duty military person or their family member(s) is denied access to distant specialized medical evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation for lack of a means of long-distance medical air transportation.
Call: (877) 563-7468 Email: info@joeshouse.org Joe's House is a nonprofit organization providing a nation-wide online service to help cancer patients and their families find lodging near treatment centers. Click to search for lodging. Visit: www.nahhh.org Call: (800) 542-9730 Email: helpinghomes@nahhh.org NAHHH is an association of more than 150 nonprofit organizations located throughout the U.S. that provide family-centered lodging and support services to families and their loved ones who are receiving medical treatment far from their home communities. Cost for accommodations, per family, range from free to $15 per night.
Visit: www.rmhc.com Call: (630) 623-7048 Email: info@rmhc.org RMHC provides families with a "home-away-from home" while their children receive medical treatment. Families are asked to make a $5 - $20 dollar donation per night, although their stay may be free.
Visit: www.fisherhouse.org Call: (888) 294-8560 Email: info@fisherhouse.org There is at least one Fisher House at every major military and VA medical center. Cost for accommodations, per family, ranges from free to $10 per night. (Speak with the hospital's social worker for additional options).
Medication and Copayment Assistance
Visit: www.cancercarecopay.org Call: (866) 552-6729 Email: information@cancercarecopay.org The CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation addresses the needs of individuals who cannot afford their insurance co-payments to cover the cost of medications for treating cancer. Household income must be at or within 400% US Federal Poverty guidelines for people residing and receiving treatment in the United States or its territories. Colorectal cancer patients are eligible.
Visit: www.cdfund.org Call: (877) 968-7233 Email: info@cdfund.org The Chronic Disease Fund is an independent non-profit organization that helps underinsured patients with chronic disease, cancers or life-altering conditions obtain the expensive medications they need. Currently supported are patients with over a dozen diseases and cancers (including colorectal). Eligible US patients must meet income qualifications, have private insurance or a Medicare Part D plan, but cannot afford the co-payments for their specialty therapeutics. The CDF helps with out-of-pocket costs directly to the provider, eliminating cash flow problems that can prevent patients from getting their medications. Visit: www.healthwellfoundation.org Call: (800) 675-8416 Email: info@healthwellfoundation.org HealthWell Foundation is a charitable organization that helps patients with colorectal carcinoma with out-of-pocket costs and drug costs.
Medicaid – Prescription Drug Program Visit: www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid or www.medicaid.gov Call: (800) 633-4227 Write: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244-1850 Medicaid will cover most prescription drugs.
Medicare – Prescription Drug Program Visit: www.medicare.gov Call: (800) 633-4227 Write: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244-1850 Review Medicare & You 2010 for Medicare information.
Visit: www.needymeds.com Email: info@needymeds.com
Partnership for Prescription Assistance Visit: www.pparx.org Call: (888) 477-2669 Email: Click here to contact online. The Partnership for Prescription Assistance helps qualifying patients without prescription drug coverage get the medicines they need through the program that is right for them. Many will get their medications free or nearly free. The PPA provides free help to match patients with appropriate assistance programs. The PPA is a single point of access to more than 475 public and private programs, including nearly 200 offered by pharmaceutical companies.
Visit: www.panfoundation.org Call: (866) 316-7263 Email: contact@patientaccessnetwork.org The Patient Access Network helps thousands of underinsured patients afford the copayments for their cancer or chronic disease medications. Grants are based on financial need and are awarded annually.
Visit: www.copays.org Call: (866) 512-3861 Email: Click here to contact online. Provides direct co-payment assistance for pharmaceutical products to insured patients (including Medicare Part D beneficiaries) who financially and medically qualify. Offers assistance colon cancer patients.
Visit: www.pillbot.com Call: (800) 505-7279 Pillbot's database provides pricing comparisons for prescriptions and is updated daily.
Visit: www.rxassist.org/default.cfm Call: (401) 729-3284 Email: info@rxassist.org Patient assistance programs are run by pharmaceutical companies to provide free medications to people who cannot afford to buy their medicine. RxAssist offers a comprehensive database of these patient assistance programs, as well as practical tools, news, and articles so that health care professionals and patients can find the information they need. Visit: www.togetherrxaccess.com Call: (800) 444-4106 This free prescription drug card, based on financial need, is sponsored by several large pharmaceutical companies and provides discounts on over 250 medications.
Visit: www.cancer.org Call: (800) 227-2345 Email: Click here to contact online. The American Cancer Society provides access to referrals for financial assistance for patients diagnosed with any type of cancer. Some local offices may provide transportation assistance, temporary housing, wigs or prescription assistance.
Visit: www.cancercare.org or View services offered for patients with colorectal cancer. Call: (800) 813-4673 Email: info@cancercare.org CancerCare programs—including counseling and support groups, education, financial assistance and practical help—are provided by professional oncology social workers and are completely free of charge.
Patient Advocate Foundation Colorectal Care Line Visit: www.colorectalcareline.org Call: (866) 657-8634 Email: CCL@patientadvocate.org Patient Advocate Foundation's Colorectal CareLine is a patient/provider hotline designed to provide assistance to patients who have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and are seeking education and access to care. The Colorectal CareLine also offers financial aid through the Financial Aid Fund for those diagnosed with colorectal cancer who need financial assistance.
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