Copay Assistance Is Meant To Defray Patient Drug Costs. Some Insurers Keep It Instead.

Not all insurance types use copay accumulators. Medicare and Medicaid prohibit copay assistance because federal anti-kickback ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Breaking Down Co-Pay Accumulators, Maximizers and the Impact on Patients

Co-pay accumulators and maximizers are 2 programs that insurers have started implementing to help them redirect financial assistance from the patient, said Kimberly Westrich, MA, chief strategy ...
Medscape

As Copay Aid Recedes, Retina Treatment ‘Unsustainable’

A funding shortfall for a key copay assistance program to help make eye injections more affordable for low-income patients has caused widespread disruption in treatment, researchers have found. The ...
MM&M

He needs an expensive drug. A copay card helped — until it didn’t.

Over the course of 2025, Jayant Mishra of Mission Viejo, California, progressively developed scaly, itchy red patches on his skin. Then came the pain and swelling in the joints of his hands, making it ...
ascopubs.org

Drug Recovery and Copay Assistance Program in a Community Cancer Center: Charity and Challenges

The cost of cancer care is escalating dramatically, in part because of the rising expense of systemic cancer therapy. This creates financial dilemmas for patients and insurers and potential economic ...
Cleveland.com

Bill would prevent Ohio insurers from blocking use of copay assistance toward deductibles

I have Pompe disease, a rare condition requiring medication that keeps me alive and as healthy as possible. The treatment and ongoing care for this disease are extremely expensive, adding significant ...
JD Supra

Third-Party Co-Pay Assistance Program Kickback Scheme Results in $450 Million DOJ Settlement

Teva Pharmaceuticals, the largest generic drug manufacturer in the United States, has agreed to pay $450 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute ...