Apr 14, 2023 | Access, Federal Issues
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2023 Contact: Sarah Shelson sshelson@riesterpublicaffairs.com WASHINGTON — Patients Rising Now CEO and Co-founder Terry Wilcox today released the following statement regarding MedPAC’s recommendation to modify reimbursements for...
Mar 23, 2023 | Health Insurance
Two vision insurers cover two-thirds of Americans, suppress competition and prevent lower prices WASHINGTON – Chronic disease patient advocacy organization Patients Rising Now today announced a new campaign exposing abuses in the vision insurance market, including...
Mar 8, 2023 | Press Releases, QALY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2023 Contact: Summer Johnson sjohnsonn@riesterpublicaffairs.com WASHINGTON, DC – Patients Rising NOW Co-founder and CEO Terry Wilcox issued the following statement today regarding the passage of H.R. 485, the Protecting Health...
Mar 8, 2023 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2023 Contact: Sarah Shelson sshelson@riesterpublicaffairs.com PATIENTS RISING NOW SUBMITS COMMENTS ON PATENT RIGHTS TO UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE WASHINGTON — Patients Rising Now CEO Terry Wilcox recently submitted public...
Mar 6, 2023 | Press Releases
Patients Rising Now: Poll Shows FDA Should Regulate Third-Party Medical Device Service and Exclude Medical Devices from Right to Repair Legislation 77 percent of consumers say the FDA should regulate original equipment manufacturer (OEM) service and repair companies...
Feb 21, 2023 | COVID-19, State Issues
Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, Ph.D. The COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) declared by the Trump Administration in early 2020 are now set to expire on May 11, 2023 instead of March 1 and April 11, respectively. The White House said in the...
Feb 14, 2023 | FDA, Featured
Patients Rising Now submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on making naloxone available as an over-the-counter treatment. Naloxone is a treatment which prevents death in the event of an opioid overdose and is currently only available through...
Feb 13, 2023 | Featured, Letters Supported
Patients Rising Now joined 58 other organizations in a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) on reinstating a Federal Rule prohibiting step therapy in Medicare Advantage plans. In 2012, CMS instituted a prohibition on step therapy in Medicare...