• By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Oct 2, 2024

    Improving the Lives of Veterans with Liver Diseases

    Last year, the Global Liver Institute (GLI) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a partnership to improve the lives of Veterans with liver disease. Through the collaboration, VA and GLI are providing educational materials and webinars to help increase Veteran awareness of liver disease, increase health care engagement…more.

    Categories: MASH
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Sep 18, 2024

    HealthWell Foundation Launches Oncology Caregiver Behavioral Health Fund

    The HealthWell Foundation has launched an Oncology Caregiver Behavioral Health Fund as part of its commitment to the White House Cancer Moonshot. Through the fund, HealthWell will provide up to $2,000 in copayment assistance for prescription drugs, counseling services, psychotherapy, and transportation costs needed to treat or manage behavioral health…more.

  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Sep 4, 2024

    What if You Had Fatty Liver Disease (MASH) and Didn’t Know It?

    An estimated 100 million Americans have a fatty liver, and most don’t know it. Twenty million of them will develop liver fibrosis disease or Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) and 5 million will progress to liver cirrhosis or Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH). Wayne Eskridge didn’t even know what fatty…more.

    Categories: MASH
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Aug 21, 2024

    HealthWell Foundation Achieves One Million Patients Assisted Milestone

    The HealthWell Foundation has achieved a significant milestone by providing financial assistance to one million underinsured patients to help them afford critical, often lifesaving, treatments. Since awarding its first grant in 2004, HealthWell has provided medication copayment and insurance premium assistance across more than 90 disease areas, including over 30…more.

  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Aug 7, 2024

    MASH 101: What You Need to Know About an Emerging Liver Disease

    Read or hear the words “liver disease” and most people probably think of alcohol-associated liver disease: the fatty liver, hepatitis and cirrhosis that can develop among people who drink excessively, usually over a long period of time. But did you know there are serious liver diseases that are not linked…more.

    Categories: MASH
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Jul 10, 2024

    What Medicare Beneficiaries Need to Know About Hepatitis B Vaccines

    As of January 2023, all Medicare-covered vaccines are available for free to Medicare beneficiaries. This means beneficiaries are not responsible for any cost-sharing, such as copayment, coinsurance, or deductibles for covered vaccines. One vaccine covered under the Medicare rule is the hepatitis B vaccine. Hepatitis B is a vaccine-preventable liver…more.

  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Jun 12, 2024

    Unique Partnership Expands Access to Oncology Clinical Trial Patients

    As part of their ongoing commitment to The White House Cancer Moonshot, two non-profit organizations have joined forces to improve equitable access to innovative and potentially lifesaving treatments available through oncology clinical trials in the United States. The HealthWell Foundation announced its sponsorship of Family Reach’s Clinical Trial Access Fund…more.

    Categories: Cancer Moonshot
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  May 29, 2024

    American Cancer Society: Patient Navigation Improves Cancer Care Outcomes

    As part of our ongoing coverage of non-profit organizations with programs and initiatives aligned with the White House Cancer Moonshot, Real World Health Care turns our spotlight to the American Cancer Society (ACS) and two of their initiatives focused on improving patient navigation. For more than 30 years, ACS has…more.

    Categories: Cancer Moonshot