Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
$5,200 guaranteed award | $10,400 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 inflammatory bowel 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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- Insurance
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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.
- Abrilada (Adalimumab-Afzb)
- Adalimumab (Adalimumab-Aaty)
- Adalimumab (Adalimumab-Adaz)
- Adalimumab (Adalimumab-Fkjp)
- Adalimumab-Aacf (Adalimumab-Aacf)
- Adalimumab-Adbm (Adalimumab-Adbm)
- Adalimumab-Bwwd (Adalimumab-Bwwd)
- Adalimumab-Ryvk (Adalimumab-Ryvk)
- Alkindi Sprinkle (Hydrocortisone)
- Amjevita (Adalimumab-Atto)
- Astagraf XL (Tacrolimus)
- Avsola (Infliximab-Axxq)
- Azasan (Azathioprine)
- Azathioprine (Azathioprine)
- Balsalazide Disodium (Balsalazide Disodium)
- Betamethasone Sodium Phosphate Acetate (Betamethasone Acetate, Sodium Phosphate)
- Budesonide DR (Budesonide)
- CELESTONE SOLUSPAN (Betamethasone Acetate And Sodium Phosphate)
- Cimzia (Certolizumab Pegol)
- Cortef (Hydrocortisone)
- Cortenema (Hydrocortisone)
- Cortifoam (Hydrocortisone Acetate)
- Cortisone Acetate (Cortisone Acetate)
- Cyclosporine (Cyclosporine)
- Cyclosporine Modified (Cyclosporine)
- Cyltezo (Adalimumab-Adbm)
- Delzicol (Mesalamine)
- Depo-Medrol (Methylprednisolone Acetate)
- Dipentum (Olsalazine Sodium)
- Entyvio (Vedolizumab)
- Envarsus XR (Tacrolimus)
- Gengraf (Cyclosporine)
- Hadlima (Adalimumab-Bwwd)
- Hemmorex Hc (Hydrocortisone Acetate)
- Hexatrione (Triamcinolone Hexacetonide)
- HULIO (Adalimumab-Fkjp)
- Humira (Adalimumab)
- Hydrocortisone (Hydrocortisone)
- Hydrocortisone Acetate (Hydrocortisone Acetate)
- HYRIMOZ (Adalimumab-Adaz)
- Idacio (Adalimumab-Aacf)
- Imuldosa (Ustekinumab-Srlf)
- Imuran (Azathioprine)
- Inflectra (Infliximab-Dyyb)
- Infliximab (Infliximab)
- Khindivi (Hydrocortisone)
- Medrol (Methylprednisolone)
- Mercaptopurine (Mercaptopurine)
- Mesalamine Dr (Mesalamine)
- Methotrexate-Nacl (Methotrexate Sodium)
- Methotrexate Sodium (Methotrexate Sodium)
- Methylprednisolone (Methylprednisolone)
- Methylprednisolone Acetate (Methylprednisolone Acetate)
- Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate (Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate)
- Millipred DP (Prednisolone)
- Neoral (Cyclosporine)
- Omvoh (Mirikizumab-Mrkz)
- Prednisolone Sodium Phos Odt (Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate)
- Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate (Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate)
- Prednisone (Prednisone)
- Prednisone Intensol (Prednisone)
- Pro-C-Dure 6 (Triamcinolone Acetonide)
- Proctozone-Hc (Hydrocortisone)
- Prograf (Tacrolimus)
- Pyzchiva (Ustekinumab-Ttwe)
- Remicade (Infliximab)
- Renflexis (Infliximab-Abda)
- Rinvoq (Upadacitinib)
- Sandimmune (Cyclosporine)
- Selarsdi (Ustekinumab-Aekn)
- Simlandi (Adalimumab-Ryvk)
- Simponi (Golimumab)
- Skyrizi (Risankizumab-Rzaa)
- Solu-Cortef (Hydrocortisone Sodium Succinate)
- Solu-Medrol (Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate)
- Stelara (Ustekinumab)
- Steqeyma (Ustekinumab-Stba)
- Sulfasalazine Dr (Sulfasalazine)
- Tacrolimus (Tacrolimus)
- Tremfya One-Press (Guselkumab)
- Triamcinolone Acetonide (Triamcinolone Acetonide)
- Tyruko (Natalizumab-Sztn)
- Tysabri (Natalizumab)
- Velsipity (Etrasimod)
- Wezlana (Ustekinumab-Aauz)
- Xeljanz XR (Tofacitinib)
- Xifaxan (Rifaximin)
- Yesintek (Ustekinumab-Kfce)
- Yuflyma (Adalimumab-Aaty)
- Yusimry (Adalimumab-Aqvh)
- Zeposia (Ozanimod Hydrochloride)
- Zymfentra (Infliximab-Dyyb)
About the disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD, UC), also known as ileitis and colitis ulcerosa, is the chronic inflammation of all or part of the digestive tract. It is a chronic disease of the digestive system. Subtypes include Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Diagnosis codes
K50.00, K50.011, K50.012, K50.013, K50.014, K50.018, K50.019, K50.10, K50.111, K50.112, K50.113, K50.114, K50.118, K50.119, K50.80, K50.811, K50.812, K50.813,
K50.814, K50.818, K50.819, K50.90, K50.911, K50.912, K50.913, K50.914, K50.918, K50.919, K51.00, K51.011, K51.012, K51.013, K51.014, K51.018, K51.019, K51.20, K51.211, K51.212, K51.213, K51.214, K51.218, K51.219, K51.30, K51.311, K51.312, K51.313, K51.314, K51.318, K51.319, K51.40, K51.411, K51.412, K51.413, K51.414, K51.418, K51.419, K51.50, K51.511, K51.512, K51.513, K51.514, K51.518, K51.519, K51.80, K51.811, K51.812, K51.813, K51.814, K51.818, K51.819, K51.90, K51.911, K51.912, K51.913, K51.914, K51.918, K51.919
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