Help with healthcare costs for sickle cell disease
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 sickle cell 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.
- Adakveo (Crizanlizumab-Tmca)
- Anaprox Ds (Naproxen Sodium)
- Caldolor (Ibuprofen)
- Cambia (Diclofenac Potassium)
- Casgevy (Exagamglogene Autotemcel)
- Celebrex (Celecoxib)
- Celecoxib (Celecoxib)
- Codeine Sulfate (Codeine Sulfate)
- Conzip (Tramadol)
- Coxanto (Oxaprozin)
- Diclofenac (Diclofenac)
- Diclofenac Potassium (Diclofenac Potassium)
- Diclofenac Sodium (Diclofenac Sodium)
- Diclofenac Sodium Er (Diclofenac Sodium)
- Droxia (Hydroxyurea)
- Duramorph (Morphine Sulfate)
- E.E.S. (Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate)
- Ec-Naprosyn (Naproxen)
- Endari (Glutamine)
- Ery-Tab (Erythromycin)
- Erythrocin Stearate (Erythromycin Stearate)
- Erythromycin (Erythromycin)
- Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate (Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate)
- Etodolac (Etodolac)
- Etodolac ER (Etodolac)
- Feldene (Piroxicam)
- Fenoprofen Calcium (Fenoprofen Calcium)
- Fenopron (Fenoprofen Calcium)
- Fentanyl (Fentanyl)
- Fentanyl Citrate-0.9% Nacl (Fentanyl Citrate)
- Flurbiprofen (Flurbiprofen)
- Hydrea (Hydroxyurea)
- Hydrocodone Bitartrate Er (Hydrocodone Bitartrate)
- Hydromorphone Hcl (Hydromorphone Hydrochloride)
- Hydroxyurea (Hydroxyurea)
- Indocin (Indomethacin)
- Indomethacin (Indomethacin)
- Indomethacin Er (Indomethacin)
- Infumorph (Morphine Sulfate)
- Ketoprofen (Ketoprofen)
- Ketorolac Tromethamine (Ketorolac Tromethamine)
- L-Glutamine (Glutamine)
- Levorphanol Tartrate (Levorphanol Tartrate)
- LODINE (Etodolac)
- Lofena (Diclofenac Potassium)
- Lurbiro (Flurbiprofen)
- Lyfgenia (Lovotibeglogene Autotemcel)
- Mefenamic Acid (Mefenamic Acid)
- Meloxicam (Meloxicam)
- Mitigo (Morphine Sulfate)
- Morphine Sulfate (Morphine Sulfate)
- Morphine Sulfate Er (Morphine Sulfate)
- Ms Contin (Morphine Sulfate)
- Nabumetone (Nabumetone)
- Nalbuphine (Nalbuphine Hydrochloride)
- Nalfon (Fenoprofen Calcium)
- Nalocet (Oxycodone Hydrochloride / Acetaminophen)
- Naprelan (Naproxen Sodium)
- Nucynta (Tapentadol)
- Nucynta Er (Tapentadol)
- Olinvyk (Oliceridine)
- Orudis (Ketoprofen)
- Oxaprozin (Oxaprozin)
- Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycodone)
- Oxycodone Hcl Er (Oxycodone Hydrochloride)
- Oxymorphone Hcl Er (Oxymorphone Hydrochloride)
- Penicillin V Potassium (Penicillin V Potassium)
- Piroxicam (Piroxicam)
- Prolate (Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen)
- Qdolo (Tramadol Hydrochloride)
- Relafen DS (Nabumetone)
- Siklos (Hydroxyurea)
- Sulindac (Sulindac)
- Tolmetin Sodium (Tolmetin Sodium)
- Tramadol Hcl (Tramadol)
- Tramadol Hcl Er (Tramadol)
- TYLENOL with Codeine (Acetaminophen And Codeine)
- Ultiva (Remifentanil)
- Venngel II (Diclofenac Sodium)
- Vicodin (Hydrocodone And Acetaminophen)
- Vivlodex (Meloxicam)
- Vyscoxa (Celecoxib)
- Xromi (Hydroxyurea)
- Zipsor (Diclofenac Potassium)
- Zorvolex (Diclofenac)
About the disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders where the distorted red blood cells form a sickle or crescent shape and disrupt the normal flow of nutrition and oxygen throughout the body. SCD is a chronic disease that affects the circulatory system.
Diagnosis codes
D57.00, D57.01, D57.02, D57.03, D57.09, D57.1, D57.20, D57.211, D57.212, D57.213, D57.218, D57.219, D57.40, D57.411, D57.412, D57.413, D57.418, D57.419,
D57.42, D57.431, D57.432, D57.433, D57.438, D57.439, D57.44, D57.451, D57.452, D57.453, D57.458, D57.459, D57.80, D57.811, D57.812, D57.813, D57.818 D57.819
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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