Huntington’s Disease: The Need for a Cure
Uncontrollable movements. Memory loss. Personality changes. Difficulty eating and drinking. These are all common experiences for patients with Huntington’s disease, making independent living and interpersonal relationships tremendously difficult.
Understanding IgG4-RD
From difficult symptoms to an accurate diagnosis to effective treatment, the rare disease journey is a long one. But despite the challenges patients face, innovation and education are regularly improving lives.
Comprehensive Treatment for Essential Tremor
Spilt beverages. Dropped food. Difficulty dressing. Embarrassment.
Vaccines and Preventive Monoclonal Antibodies
Vaccines and preventive monoclonal antibodies are two different types of immunization. While they function differently, they both serve the same purpose: protecting people from serious illnesses and diseases. View One-Pager
Accelerated Approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s standard approval process for new drugs delivers patients the safest, most advanced medications in the world.
Eliminating Hepatitis C in America
Hepatitis C is a paradox of American health care. The medical community has never been better equipped to diagnose, cure and prevent this potentially fatal liver disease.
Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDTs)
In today’s technologically advanced world, devices and apps are changing the way people manage their health.
How to Deal with an Insurance Denial
Shared decision-making and a trusted physician-patient relationship are cornerstones of patient-centered care. Sometimes, however, health insurers can disrupt care by delaying or denying access to physician-prescribed medications. Patients can appeal their insurance company’s denial. They also have options when those appeals don’t resolve the problem. Every state oversees health plans and can act as a […]
5 Principles of Good Insurance Coverage for Heart Patients
About 655,000 Americans die from heart disease each year — that’s one in every four deaths. But when health plan coverage empowers people to be proactive about their heart health, everyone benefits – patients, families, communities, workplaces and the health care system at large. Optimal insurance coverage meets at least five important criteria. Read Guide
Fast Facts: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services oversees the policy and benefits administration for the roughly one in three Americanswho are insured through Medicare and Medicaid. Over the years, the agency has explored ways to improve by optimizing patient care whileconserving costs. In 2010, that effort was formalized with the creation of the Center for […]
