Help with healthcare costs for hyperkalemia
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 hyperkalemia, 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.
- Afrezza (Insulin Human Regular)
- Albuterol Sulfate (Albuterol Sulfate)
- Apidra (Insulin Glulisine)
- Basaglar (Insulin Glargine)
- Bumetanide (Bumetanide)
- Calcium Chloride (Calcium Chloride)
- Calcium Gluconate (Calcium Gluconate)
- EDECRIN (Ethacrynate Sodium)
- Enbumyst (Bumetanide)
- Ethacrynate Sodium (Ethacrynate Sodium)
- Ethacrynic Acid (Ethacrynic Acid)
- Fiasp Flextouch (Insulin Aspart)
- Fludrocortisone Acetate (Fludrocortisone Acetate)
- Furosemide (Furosemide)
- Humulin R (Insulin Regular, Human)
- Insulin Glargine (Insulin Glargine)
- Insulin Lispro Junior Kwikpen (Insulin Lispro)
- Insulin Lispro Kwikpen U-100 (Insulin Lispro)
- Kionex (Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate)
- Lantus (Insulin Glargine)
- Lantus Solostar (Insulin Glargine)
- Lasix (Furosemide)
- Lokelma (Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate)
- MYXREDLIN (Insulin Regular)
- Novolog Mix 70-30 (Insulin Aspart Protamine/Insulin Aspart)
- Proair (Albuterol Sulfate)
- Soaanz (Torsemide)
- Sodium Bicarbonate (Sodium Bicarbonate)
- Sodium Bicarbonate-D5W (Sodium Bicarbonate)
- Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate (Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate)
- Torsemide (Torsemide)
- Toujeo (Insulin Glargine)
- Veltassa (Patiromer)
- Ventolin (Albuterol Sulfate)
About the disease
Hyperkalemia, also known as high potassium, causes elevated plasma potassium levels. It is a chronic disease that affects the circulatory system.
Diagnosis codes
E87.5, P74.31
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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