LIVING WITH MULTIPLE MYELOMA:

FINANCIAL/INSURANCE CONCERNS

You may have questions or concerns about paying for your treatment. Here you will find links to organizations and agencies that provide financial assistance and help with insurance issues. In addition, you can learn about programs offered by pharmaceutical companies to help defray the cost of treatment medications.

Association of Community Cancer Centers Reimbursement Hotlines
www.accc-cancer.org/ONCRES/oncres_hotlines.asp

Cancercare Financial assistance and counseling program for patients
www.cancercare.org

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
www.cms.hhs.gov
Phone: 877-267-2323

Chronic Disease Fund
Co-pay assistance and therapy management portal
www.cdfund.org

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
www.lls.org

Needymeds.org
www.needymeds.org

Partnership for Prescription Assistance
www.pparx.org/Intro.php

Patient Access Network
www.patientaccessnetwork.org
Phone: 866-316-7263

Patient Advocate Foundation
www.patientadvocate.org
Phone: 800-532-5274

RxAssist
Financial assistance program center for patients
www.rxassist.org

Pharmaceutical Reimbursement Assistance Programs

Amgen Inc
Amgen Reimbursement Connection
800-272-9376
www.amgen.com/patients/assistance.html

Celgene
Phone: 908-673-9000
Products: Thalomid and Revlimid
Celgene's Patient Support Solutions
www.celgenepsc.com

Genentech, Inc
Genentech Reimbursement Hotline
Phone: 888-249-4918
Product: Rituxan

Millennium's Reimbursement Assistance
Product: Velcade
www.mlnm.com/clinicians/reimbursement.asp

Novartis
Reimbursement Hotline for Aredia
800-282-7630
Novartis Reimbursement Assistance – Zometa
www.us.zometa.com/hcp/reimbursement/index.jsp

Ortho Biotech Inc
Reimbursement Hotline for DOXIL
Phone: 800-609-1083
DOXILine Reimbursement Assistance
www.doxiline.com/doxiline/pages/patientassist/intro.jsp
Reimbursement Hotline for PROCRIT:
800-553-3951
www.procritline.com