Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
$2,400 guaranteed award | $4,800 maximum award
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This TotalAssist fund helps you pay for out-of-pocket healthcare costs, including medication copays, coinsurance, and deductibles, health insurance premiums, and other expenses. Check your eligibility with our quick and easy tools below. If this fund is open, apply today for an instant approval decision and use your grant funding right away. Learn how TotalAssist helps you.
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible for this fund, you must:
- Have a confirmed diagnosis and are in treatment for chronic kidney disease, or planning to begin treatment in the next 60 days, or have been in treatment in the past 6 months. This includes active surveillance of a condition
- Have government-insured coverage that covers your qualifying expenses
- Have an income at or less than 500% of the Federal Poverty Level, adjusted for your regional Cost of Living Index (COLI). What is this?
- Be a legal resident and receive treatment in the U.S. or a U.S. territory
- Be prescribed a medication or product listed in the approved medications, listed below
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- Treatment
- Insurance
- Income
Approved medications
Patient Advocate Foundation covers all the prescription medications for each diagnosis, including generic or bioequivalent drugs, that meet any of the following criteria: FDA-approved, listed in official compendia, and/or listed in published evidence-based or clinical guidelines.
- Afinitor (Everolimus)
- Aranesp (Darbepoetin Alfa)
- Atorvaliq (Atorvastatin Calcium)
- Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvastatin Calcium)
- Auryxia (Ferric Citrate)
- Azasan (Azathioprine)
- Azathioprine (Azathioprine)
- Azathioprine Sodium (Azathioprine Sodium)
- Bumetanide (Bumetanide)
- Caduet (Amlodipine/Atorvastatin)
- Calcitriol (Calcitriol)
- Catapres-TTS (Clonidine)
- Chlorthalidone (Chlorthalidone)
- Clonidine (Clonidine)
- CLONIDINE (Clonidine Hcl)
- Clonidine Hcl Er (Clonidine Hydrochloride)
- Crestor (Rosuvastatin Calcium)
- Diltiazem 12Hr Er (Diltiazem Hydrochloride)
- Enalaprilat (Enalaprilat)
- Enalapril Maleate (Enalapril Maleate)
- Epogen (Epoetin Alfa)
- Everolimus (Everolimus)
- Ezallor Sprinkle (Rosuvastatin Calcium)
- Farxiga (Dapagliflozin)
- Feraheme (Ferumoxytol)
- Ferric Citrate (Ferric Citrate)
- Ferrlecit (Sodium Ferric Gluconate)
- Fosrenol (Lanthanum Carbonate)
- Furoscix (Furosemide)
- Furosemide (Furosemide)
- Hectorol (Doxercalciferol)
- Hemiclor (Chlorthalidone)
- Hydralazine Hcl (Hydralazine Hydrochloride)
- Imuran (Azathioprine)
- Injectafer (Ferric Carboxymaltose)
- Invokana (Canagliflozin)
- Irbesartan (Irbesartan)
- Iron Sucrose (Iron Sucrose)
- Jardiance (Empagliflozin)
- Jesduvroq (Daprodustat)
- Jynarque (Tolvaptan)
- Kerendia (Finerenone)
- Korsuva (Difelikefalin Acetate)
- Lasix (Furosemide)
- Lisinopril (Lisinopril)
- Losartan Potassium (Losartan Potassium)
- Matzim La (Diltiazem Hcl)
- Monoferric (Ferric Derisomaltose)
- Nulojix (Belatacept)
- Parsabiv (Etelcalcetide Hydrochloride)
- Rayaldee (Calcifediol)
- Renvela (Sevelamer Carbonate)
- Retacrit (Epoetin Alfa-Epbx)
- Rosuvastatin Calcium (Rosuvastatin Calcium)
- Samsca (Tolvaptan)
- Sensipar (Cinacalcet)
- Sevelamer Carbonate (Sevelamer Carbonate)
- Soaanz (Torsemide)
- Thalitone (Chlorthalidone)
- Tolvaptan (Tolvaptan)
- Torpenz (Everolimus)
- Torsemide (Torsemide)
- Vafseo (Vadadustat)
- Velphoro (Sucroferric Oxyhydroxide)
- Venofer (Iron Sucrose)
- Verapamil Er Pm (Verapamil Hydrochloride)
- Xphozah (Tenapanor)
- Zemplar (Paricalcitol)
- Zortress (Everolimus)
About the disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), also called chronic kidney failure, is a condition where the kidneys gradually lose their ability to filter waste and excess fluids from the blood, leading to health problems.
Diagnosis codes
N18.1, N18.2, N18.3, N18.30, N18.31, N18.32, N18.4, N18.5, N18.6, N18.9
How to apply
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If your fund is open, apply online 24/7, or call 866-512-3861, Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 5:30pm ET.
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Answer pre-screening questions to confirm eligibility. Have your income, medication, diagnosis, and insurance information ready.
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Complete the application and get an instant approval decision. You can begin using your grant right away.
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The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) supports people living with kidney disease through education, resources, and advocacy. They provide guidance on diagnosis, treatment options, transplantation, and dialysis for patients and caregivers. NKF also advances research to improve care and outcomes.
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