• By COPD Foundation  |  Nov 13, 2024

    COPD Awareness Month: Stopping an Invisible Epidemic

    November is COPD Awareness Month. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, affects more than 30 million Americans. That’s 1 out of every 8 Americans over 45. It is the third leading cause of death worldwide. But many have never heard of it. The COPD Foundation is dedicated to changing that.…more.

    Categories: General, Uncategorized
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Nov 6, 2024

    A Conversation with Michael Heimall – New HealthWell Foundation President & CEO

    This week, the HealthWell Foundation, publishers of Real World Health Care, welcomed its new President & Chief Executive Officer. Michael S. Heimall, FACHE, is an accomplished executive with experience at some of the nation’s most respected veterans medical centers. He comes to HealthWell after serving as executive director of the…more.

    Categories: Access to Care, General
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Oct 30, 2024

    Taking Support for MASH Patients into the Community

    The Community Liver Alliance (CLA) brands itself as an organization dedicated to global awareness and local impact. Even as the CLA has extended its beacon of hope to communities nationwide, the nonprofit still counts its hometown of Pittsburgh as its primary link to liver disease patients, providers, and caregivers. CLA’s…more.

    Categories: MASH
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Oct 16, 2024

    Medicare Part D Enrollment: What You Need to Know

    Medicare Open Enrollment began yesterday and runs through December 7, 2024. During open enrollment, you can review your current health insurance coverage and make changes to your health insurance and other benefits. Changes you make during open enrollment may affect your coverage starting January 1, 2025. To help Real World…more.

  • 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