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National HIV/AIDS Strategy
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The Obama Administration released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy on July 14, 2010. NASTAD sent a letter to Jeff Crowley, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy at the White House, about the newly released strategy. In the letter, NASTAD congratulated Crowley and the Obama Administration for the successful launch of the strategy and stated, "As major implementing partners in this plan, NASTAD members are eager to engage in a meaningful, sustained and dynamic relationship that ensures the strategy maintains credibility, accountability and ultimately proves successful in meeting the goals of the Strategy."
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PAP Brochure - Tennessee AETC
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Provides a listing of websites and contacts for patient assistance programs for HIV medications. This document was created by the Tennessee AIDS Education and Training Center. Please note that medication assistance for HIV products in the newly formed company ViiV (previously GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer) can be found at www.mysupportcard.com.
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Webinar on ADAP Quality Management
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In partnership with HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau and the National Quality Center, NASTAD hosted a webinar to provide ADAP coordinators an overview on key quality management concepts focused on ADAPs. The webinar also provided an overview of HRSA/HAB’s Clinical Performance Measures as well as introduced three recently developed ADAP Quality Management Tutorials.
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ADAP Drug Pricing and ADAP Crisis Task Force
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The ADAP Crisis Task Force negotiates with pharmaceutical companies for additional rebates and discounts and has achieved more than $1 billion in savings for ADAPs since its inception in 2003. This paper provides details of ADAP drug pricing and the ADAP Crisis Task Force agreements with companies.
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ADAP Emergency Preparedness Guide
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This guide is intended to assist AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP) that function within state health or social service departments to prepare emergency plans in response to possible disasters; in particular, the guide’s provisions are intended to ensure continued access to HIV medications for individuals served by ADAP. The guide should be used in collaboration with existing emergency plans of state health departments or broader state governmental agencies.
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ADAP and the COBRA Subsidy Reduction
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This fact sheet details the eligibility requirements of the COBRA subsidy reduction contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) signed into law on February 17, 2009.
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Video: ADAP in the Age of Living with HIV/AIDS
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This video, about the role of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), profiles several ADAP clients who receive HIV/AIDS drugs through the program and others who are on a waiting list. It features interviews with state officials in South Carolina and Michigan, highlighting the importance of ADAP for people with HIV/AIDS, as well as challenges the program faces. The video was produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation and first shown on April 10, 2007 at an event to release the 2007 National ADAP Monitoring Report. Click here to watch the video or to order your own copy of the video.
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Coordination of Benefits TA Brief
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This technical assistance brief, the fifth in a series of five ADAP TA briefs reviews how ADAPs assess program applicants’ eligibility for existing public or private health coverage payers other than ADAP.
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