Advocacy News
Virginia Legislature Votes in Favor of Sickle Cell Disease Patient Assistance Program
Cost Sharing for Sickle Cell Patients (Midlothian, VA – March 13, 2020) – After the efforts of Patient Services, Inc. (PSI), the Virginia...
Patient Services, Inc. Receives Twelfth Consecutive 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
An Incredible Honor for PSI (Midlothian, VA – March 5, 2020) – Patient Services Inc. (PSI), the nation’s first non-profit 503(c)(3) patient...
Patient Services, Inc. Settlement
Patient Services Inc. today released the following statement on its settlement of lawsuits with the Department of Justice: “Patient Services, Inc....
Improving Access to Healthcare
Helping Families Living with Sickle Cell Disease As parents, our natural instinct is to protect our children and keep them healthy, safe, and happy....
Patient Services, Inc. Celebrates 5th Annual Evening of Hope
Patient Services, Inc., and their supporters gathered at the Newseum in Washington D.C. recently for an Evening of Hope. On a Facebook post celebrating the special evening, PSI stated, “You are the reason behind our drive, our fight & our passion. It was our absolute honor to celebrate you all.”
Marketplace Access Project Gains Momentum: Reaches 150 Bipartisan Cosponsors for Legislation to Protect Charity Assistance for Nation’s Most Vulnerable Patients
The Marketplace Access Project (MAP), a group of leading national patient advocacy organizations dedicated to protecting non-profit insurance premium and cost-sharing assistance for individuals suffering from chronic and life-threatening illnesses, today announced it has reached 150 bipartisan cosponsors for the Access to Marketplace Insurance Act (H.R. 3976).
New Avalere Health Analysis Finds PSI Charitable Assistance Reduces Medicare Spending and Increases Patient Access to Care
PSI Charitable Assistance Generated $33.9 Million in Federal Medicare Savings in 2017 and $146 million in Savings from 2013-2017; PSI Assistance Reduced Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs, Increased Adherence, and Decreased Overall Spending in Medicare
PSI Earns Tenth Consecutive 4-Star Rating From Charity Navigator
Patient Services, Inc. has earned another 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator.
Dear Congress: Let Charities Be Charitable
For individuals and families battling chronic illness, medical costs often pose an insurmountable challenge to accessing the care they need, forcing them to make difficult choices that can render them bankrupt.
Patient Services, Inc. Hosts 4th Annual Evening of Hope
In welcoming the 100 plus invited guests, PSI Founder Dana Kuhn, Ph.D. said, “Those in the audience tonight, pharmaceutical companies, specialty pharmacies, patients, advocates, caregivers and representatives, have all displayed the highest honor of compassion toward...
Partnership with The Mighty to Help People with Chronic Illness
MIDLOTHIAN, VA, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017----Patient Services, Inc. (PSI) is thrilled to announce a new partnership that will bring our resources in front of The Mighty's wide-reaching readership. We will now have our own growing home page on The Mighty and appear on many...
Charity Assistance for Nation’s Most Vulnerable Patients Must Be Protected
An Op-Ed by PSI's President and Found, Dr. Dana Kuhn, was featured in Morning Consult and urges the Nation to support charitable assistance. Dana, thank you for advocating for chronically ill patients in need. Click here to read the full article.
Lawmakers ought to preserve vital health care for vulnerable Arizonans
PSI Vice Chairman of the Board, Danielle Nance, MD, recently had an Op-Ed published in Scottsdale Independent. Read her Op-Ed here! She urges all members of the Arizona delegation to sign on to specific legislation to help protect chronically ill patients...