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April 13, 2023

Alternative Funding Vendors: A New Middleman

Alternative Funding Vendors: A New Middleman

Kelly Maynard, President of the Little Hercules Foundation, discusses the growing trend of alternative funding vendors and how their practices are leaving patients to foot the bill; Dr. Mark Lopatin, a rheumatologist, underscores the burdens of prior...

Kelly Maynard, President of the Little Hercules Foundation, discusses the growing trend of alternative funding vendors and how their practices are leaving patients to foot the bill; Dr. Mark Lopatin, a rheumatologist, underscores the burdens of prior authorization on both patients and providers; MedPAC has a public meeting to address payments for Part B; and Rachael Novick, a patient from Ohio’s 10th Congressional District, shares how prior authorization and step therpay changed her life for the worse.

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Kelly Maynard

President, Little Hercules Foundation