Indiana Prescription Information

Indiana has many organizations that provide Hoosiers with prescription medication services and discount cards. For Indiana consumers, these sites provide various possibilities for cost savings.

Indiana Association of Area Agencies on Aging (IAAAA)
The IAAAA advocates for quality programs and services for older adults and persons with disabilities.

The IAAAA promotes the individual's right to:

• Choose among health care alternatives to maintain independence and dignity
• Practice healthy lifestyles to have a happier, healthier, and longer life
  
• Be educated about services and alternatives available
  

Indiana Health Coverage Programs
The Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning (OMPP) finances basic medical health coverage programs for low-income Indiana residents. This is done in accordance with state and federal requirements.

More information is available at http://www.indianamedicaid.com.

HoosierRx
HoosierRx is Indiana's prescription prescription medication program for low-income seniors. Any eligible senior enrolled in the HoosierRx program will receive a HoosierRx Prescription medication card to use at their local pharmacy. With the HoosierRx Prescription medication card, eligible seniors will receive up to 75 percent off of the cost of their medications.

For more information on HoosierRx, visit http://www.in.gov/fssa/hoosierrx/about/basics.html.

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) provides services for low-income individuals and families, children, senior citizens, people with mental illness, people with addictions, and people with physical and developmental disabilities.

Medicaid is the state-federal health care program for low-income children and families, senior citizens and people with severe disabilities. FSSA is the Indiana provider of Medicaid and like services.

Visit http://www.ai.org/fssa/healthcare to learn more.

The Partnership for Prescription Assistance
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together America's pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through public or private programs.

The organizations collaborating on this program include the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, the Lupus Foundation of America, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Alliance for Hispanic Health and the National Medical Association. The Partnership for Prescription Assistance has a stated goal of increasing awareness and enrollment in Patient Assistance Programs.

You can access the Partnership for Prescription Assistance by calling toll-free, 888-4PPA-NOW (888-477-2669) or visiting their Web site, www.pparx.com.

RX For Indiana
RX For Indiana provides Indiana residents with a Web-based way to search for free or discounted prescriptions. Rx for Indiana allows Hoosiers to search more than 275 pharmaceutical assistance programs that provide more than 1,800 prescription medications. The program's database allows people to find the discount programs they qualify for and then complete application forms to take to their doctors.

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