Dec 16, 2022 | Featured, Medicare
Patients Rising Now joined 50 other organizations in a letter to President Biden requesting that he direct HHS Secretary Becerra to reopen the National Coverage Determination (NCD) on PET scans for patients participating in Alzheimer’s treatments trials. CMS’ current...
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Jul 18, 2022 | Comment Letters
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) recently held a comment period as they reconsidered limitations on scans to detect Dementia. The current system only allows for a single PET scan to be covered by CMS for an Alzheimer’s patient enrolled in a clinical...
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Apr 9, 2022 | Access, Featured
On this episode of the podcast, Terry and Bob discuss the access and affordability challenges that patients with Alzheimer’s and diabetes face. They highlight a new analysis that concludes an enormous $350 billion of prescription drug rebates were spent last...
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Apr 9, 2022 | Access, Featured
WASHINGTON — Patients Rising Now Executive Director Terry Wilcox today released the following statement in response to CMS’ final decision to restrict access to FDA-approved Alzheimer’s treatments to clinical trial participants: “It’s a sad day for the millions...
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Jan 14, 2022 | Public Statement
Proposed decision will Exacerbate Health Inequities, Undermine FDA WASHINGTON — Patients Rising Executive Director Terry Wilcox today released the following statement regarding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service proposed decision on the national coverage...
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