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A network building capacity to prevent, manage and treat hepatitis B and C in NYC
VOCAL-NY is launching this petition campaign to make sure that people know that we need to create a drug pricing system that can never been exploited again.
Sign On | Hepatitis Appropriations Partnership’s Funding Request Letter to US Congress
Advocacy, Federal Budget, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis B & C, Hepatitis C, Sign On LetterConsider signing on to the letter from the Hepatitis Appropriations Partnership (HAP) to the Office of Management and Budget regarding the President’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget.
Sign On | Medicare Coverage of Hep B Screening (Deadline May 18)
Advocacy, Federal Budget, Hepatitis B, Medicare, Sign On LetterAction from Hep B United, NVHR, the Hepatitis B Foundation, the National Task Force on Hepatitis B and others who have composed an organizational sign-on letter requesting initiation of National Coverage Determination process for including Hep B screening as a free Medicare preve...
NYS DOH Review Viekira Pak & Preferred Status for HCV Drugs
Advocacy, News, Hepatitis C, HepCX News, Medicaid, Open for Comment, PharmaceuticalOn February 26th, the New York State Drug Utilization Review Board will meet to review and recommend NYS Medicaid clinical criteria for Viekira Pak - the most recently approved Hepatitis C therapy - marketed by AbbVie.
Sign On | Letter to Urge President to Fund Hepatitis Programs in 2016
Advocacy, Federal Budget, Federal Legislation, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Sign On LetterThe AIDS Budget and Appropriations Coalition (ABAC), in collaboration with the Hepatitis Appropriations Partnership (HAP) and other coalitions, has developed an organizational sign-on letter urging the president to adequately fund hepatitis and HIV programs.
Sign On | NYS Legislation to Fully Legalize Syringe Possession & Reform Expanded Syringe Access Program (ESAP)
Advocacy, Harm Reduction, NYS LegislationMore than 20 years into legal syringe exchange in New York, a criminal law results in thousands of arrests for syringe possession every year. Reform of the ESAP program which allows syringe distribution of syringes through pharmacies and by non-SEP healthcare providers is needed...
Sign On | $20 Million – NYS Hep C Prevention, Care, & Treatment Infrastructure
Advocacy, Hepatitis C, NYS LegislationNew York has appropriated less than $1.2 million for an epidemic affecting more than 200,000 New Yorkers, which is causing increasing disability and death and healthcare costs.
Sign on Letter | NYS Medicaid Solvaldi Clinical Criteria Comments (Project Inform)
Advocacy, Hepatitis C, NYS LegislationSign on Letter | NYS Medicaid Solvaldi Clinical Criteria Comments (Project Inform) The draft clinical criteria for the use of Sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) under NY State Medicaid is open for public comment. See the details of the comment period and clinical criteria here. Project Inform,...
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