Health information topics about Health System Financial Assistance Health information topics about Financial Assistance: Alternative Therapy 1. Consumer Financial Issues in Complementary and Alt National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://nccam.nih.gov/health/financial/ Children 1. Insure Kids Now: Questions and Answers Dept. of Health and Human Services http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/questions.htm 2. Adoption Assistance for Children Adopted from Fost National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_subsid.cfm 3. Child Care Assistance Funds National Child Care Information Center http://nccic.org/poptopics/ccassistance.html 4. Paying for NICU Care March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/prematurity/5430_6075.asp 5. Financial Management during Crisis Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/financial_crisis.html Clinical Trials 1. States That Require Health Plans to Cover Patient National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/developments/laws-about-clinical-trial... Directories 1. State Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance P Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/contacts/Static/SHIPs.asp 2. Directory of Hospitality Houses National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses http://www.nahhh.org/members/search.php 3. BenefitsCheckUp National Council on the Aging https://ssl1.benefitscheckup.org/ National Institutes of Health 1. Financial Help for Treatment of Kidney Failure National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/financialhelp/index.htm 2. Financial Help for Diabetes Care National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/financialhelp/index.htm 3. Financial Assistance for Cancer Care National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_3.htm 4. Financial Aid for Eye Care National Eye Institute http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/financialaid.asp Organizations 1. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 2. Families USA http://fusa.convio.net/site/PageServer Overviews 1. Financial Assistance Information National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/11008842 Related Issues 1. Receiving Hill-Burton Free or Reduced Cost Care: F Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov/osp/dfcr/obtain/consfaq.htm 2. Patient Travel and Lodging Office of Rare Diseases http://ord.aspensys.com/asp/resources/pat_travel.asp 3. In Pain, Out of Work and Can't Pay the Bills; Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association of America http://www.rsds.org/4/resources/out_work/out_of_work_2.html 4. How to Find a Financial Professional Sensitive to American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ESN/content/ESN_2_2X_How_to_Find_A_Financial_... 5. FirstStep Dept. of Health and Human Services, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/homeless/firststep/index.html 6. Financial Matters for Alzheimer's Care Alzheimer's Association http://www.alz.org/People/Planning/FinancialMatters.asp 7. Financial Information: Paying for Long Term Care American Health Care Association, National Center for Assisted Living http://www.longtermcareliving.com/financial_information/howtopay1.htm 8. Disaster Recovery: A Guide to Financial Issues American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared/FinRecovery/ 9. Bleeding Disorders: Financial and Insurance Issues National Hemophilia Foundation http://www.hemophilia.org/bdi/bdi_issues.htm 10. How to Pay for Mental Health Services Center for Mental Health Services http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications//allpubs/ken98-0050/default.asp Treatment 1. AIDS Drugs Assistance Programs AIDS Treatment Data Network http://www.atdn.org/access/states/index.html 2. NORDâ??s Medication Assistance Programs National Organization for Rare Disorders http://www.rarediseases.org/programs/medication 3. Financing a Transplant United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/beforethetransplant/finance/finance.aspx 4. Financial Issues for Pain Treatment American Pain Foundation http://www.painfoundation.org/page.asp?menu=1&item=3&file=documents/doc_017... 5. Dental Insurance: How Can I Finance My Dental Care American Association of Orthodontists http://www.braces.org/dental-insc/ 6. Partnership for Prescription Assistance Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America https://www.helpingpatients.org/Intro.php 7. Patient Assistance Programs - HIV/AIDS Drugs University of California, San Francisco http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=md-rr-16 8. Patient Assistance Programs for Rheumatology-Relat American College of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org/public/acrast.asp?aud=pat 9. Patient Prescription Drug Assistance Programs NAMI http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Helpline1/Prescription_Drug_Patie... 10. Prescription Drug and Other Assistance Programs Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/assistanceprograms/home.asp 11. RxHope Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America http://www.rxhope.com/ 12. Sweet Deal on Your Drugs: Strategies to Try If Pay Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/resources/arthritistoday/2002_archives/2002_05_06_... 13. RxAssist Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.rxassist.org/default.cfm Women 1. Healthy Pregnancy: Financial Assistance/Aid National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/Pregnancy/financial.htm   Public Health News From Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. 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