Chronic Illness Blog & Rare Disease News Articles

Give Back on Giving Tuesday 2020
Patient Services Inc., the nation’s first patient assistance charity, is participating in Giving Tuesday 2020 this holiday season, a global day of generosity that brings people across the world together to celebrate giving back. As a nonprofit patient assistance charity, we financially...

Nonprofit Podcast Rare Perspectives Season Recap
CHRONIC ILLNESS NONPROFIT PODCAST SERIES WILL CONTINUE IN SEPTEMBER Have you listened to our podcast yet? Patient Services Incorporated (PSI) invites you to listen to the latest season of our nonprofit podcast Rare Perspectives, a series available...

Kentucky can be a leader in suspending the third-party payer rule
ALLOW LIFESAVING NONPROFIT ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT COVID-19 Help me understand this…according to a recent Families USA study, during the early stages of the pandemic a staggering 5.4 million laid-off Americans lost their health insurance in a matter of weeks, a...

Rare Perspectives Podcast Special: Protect Life-Saving Charitable Assistance
URGENT CALL TO ACTION WITH GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ASSOCIATE NATHAN THOMSON This week on Rare Perspectives, we caught up with PSI’s Nathan Thomson, who works with our government relations and advocacy team. In this episode, you’ll get to learn more about not only who...
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....
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...
Patient Services, Inc. Settlement
Patient Services Inc. today released the following statement on its settlement of lawsuits with the Department of...
Improving Access to Healthcare
Helping Families Living with Sickle Cell Disease As parents, our natural instinct is to protect our children and keep...
Congress Must Protect Charitable Assistance Safety Net for American Patients
By J. Arthur Wood As American families continue to struggle to afford their health care, Congress has rightly begun to...
Tips for Caring for People with Alzheimer’s and Their Dental Health
Dr. Greg Grillo (dentably.com) Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s comes with a lot of questions and one you...
Chronic Illness Isn’t Always Easy to Spot
Many times, chronic illnesses aren’t the easiest to spot. Life-threatening illnesses can be invisible to the common...
#30for30
As Patient Services, Inc. (PSI) celebrates its 30th year, we wanted to do something special to support our patients...
Is There Hope for NSCLC Patients?
Over 430,000 people are alive today who have been diagnosed at some point with lung cancer. Lying in bed in the next...