Walking is Great Exercise for Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension With the holiday season behind us, many of us have acquired a few pounds that we would like to shed. January is a great time of the year to embark on a healthy lifestyle. We will begin a series of articles that focus on this topic. Walk Your Way To Better Health Staying active is a core aspect of a healthy … [Read more...]
Looking Back at 2016 in PAH
2016 has been a busy year for PAH. There was exciting progress and some disappointment as well. Reata Pharmaceuticals launched their phase 3 study of Bardoxylone Methyl in connective tissue disease related PAH (The CATALYST Study) after showing promising results in their phase 2 study. Actelion has started their phase 4 study (TRITON) comparing triple vs double up-front … [Read more...]
Update on Affording Your PAH Medications
There is good news and bad news. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. Good Days announced that they have no further funding available for 2017 for PAH patients. Now the good news - Caring Voices announced that they will reopen their funding for 2017 beginning Thursday December 8th in the morning. It is unclear how long they will remain open and how many patients … [Read more...]
Copay, Co-Insurance, Deductibles and Out of Pocket Maximum
Understanding the basic terminology of your health insurance is vitally important for patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. As a consumer of health care you need to understand how the system works and the language the insurance company uses to describe their coverage. Deductible A deductible is the amount of money that the patient must pay before their insurance begins to … [Read more...]
Update on Caring Voices for PAH Meds
We received notification today that Caring Voices has closed their 2017 roster of patients that they are able to help for the time being. Very little guidance was given about what this means for the remainder of 2017. There is a possibility that they will reopen their roster and be able to expand the number of PAH patients that they help. Unfortunately this has left … [Read more...]
