Improving Outcomes in State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs

State Implementation of the AIDS Drug Assistance Programs

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) drug assistance programs (ADAPs) provide access to medications for people who lack other health coverage. In this article, the authors present the results of a 1997 survey identifying how 48 States implemented ADAPs, focusing on the number of beneficiaries, medical and financial eligibility criteria, the administration of waiting lists, and the coverage...

Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Assistance and HIV Treatment Outcomes.

BACKGROUND The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) provides persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with services not covered by other healthcare payer types. Limited data exist to inform policy decisions about the most appropriate role for RWHAP under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). METHODS We assessed associations between RWHAP assistance and antiretro...

Electronic Benefits Transfer: New Strategies for Improving Public Assistance Programs

Section 825 of the act provides that states must implement Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Systems before October 1, 2002, unless a state faces unusual barriers to implementation. The act adds a provision that EBT systems should follow generally accepted operating rules based on commercial technology, the need to permit interstate operation, and the need to permit monitoring and investigatio...

AIDS Drug Assistance Programs: highlighting inequities in human immunodeficiency virus-infection health care in the United States.

The AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) were founded in 1987 to pay for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related medications in the United States and to help provide prescriptions for HIV-infected patients ineligible for Medicaid who have no private health insurance. As HIV care has shifted from the inpatient to the outpatient arena and as patients live longer because of more-effective anti...

Improving Programs and Outcomes: Implementation Frameworks 2013