The ADAP Advocacy Association (aaa+) mission is to promote and enhance the AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) and improve access to care for persons living with HIV/AIDS. aaa+ works with advocates, community, health care, government, patients, pharmaceutical companies and other stakeholders to assure that access to services recognize and afford persons living with HIV/AIDS to enjoy a healthy life.

aaa+ is the only national grassroots organization focused exclusively on ADAPs and ensuring that there are adequate resources nationwide to eliminate or prevent waiting lists for services. Our purpose is to better engage people living with HIV/AIDS by providing a platform whereby they can offer their personal experiences, challenges, knowledge, insight and solutions to solving this perpetual problem.

 

Breaking News

ADAP Advocacy Association Announces 5th Annual Conference; Event Themed "STAMP" Out ADAP Waiting Lists!.

ADAP Advocacy Association Releases ADAP Solutions Summit Final Report; Offers short-term and long-term recommendations to alleviate crisis facing the AIDS Drug Assistance Programs.

ADAP Advocacy Association Releases 2011 Annual Report; Performance Against Priorities Demonstrates Continued Progress.

ADAP Advocacy Association Releases 2011 Congressional ADAP Scorecard; Overall Congressional Record Improves on AIDS Drug Assistance Programs.

ADAP Advocacy Association Cautions that Hospitalized Patients Living with HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico going without Medications; Local Advocates Call on Officials to Provide Proper Health Management & Treatment.

ADAP Advocacy Association Praises President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget’s Commitment to Cash-Strapped AIDS Drug Assistance Program; Budget proposes $102 million increase to alleviate ADAP waiting lists.

ADAP Advocacy Association Announces "ADAP Solutions Summit".

ADAP Advocacy Association Elects Ramsell Holding Corporation’s President & CEO Eric Flowers on Board of Directors.

ADAPs with Waiting Lists
(2,759 individuals in 10 states*, as of May 10, 2012)

Alabama: 41 people
Florida: 444 people
Georgia: 851 people
Idaho: 13 people
Louisiana: 284 people**
Montana: 3 people
Nebraska: 230 people
North Carolina: 169 people
Utah: 0 people***
Virginia: 724 people

ADAPs with Other Cost-Containment Strategies
(instituted since April 1, 2009, as of April 11, 2012)

Alabama: Capped enrollment, reduced formulary
Arkansas: Reduced formulary, lowered financial eligibility to 200% of FPL, (disenrolled 99 clients in September 2009)
Florida: Reduced formulary, transitioned 5,403 clients to Welvista from 2/15-3/31/11
Georgia: Reduced formulary, implemented medical criteria, participating in the Alternative Method Demonstration Project (AMDP)
Illinois: Reduced formulary, lowered financial eligibility to 300% FPL (grandfathered in current enrollees from 301-500% FPL), instituted monthly expenditure cap ($2,000 per client per month), disenrolled clients not accessing ADAP for 90-days.
Kentucky: Reduced formulary
Louisiana: Discontinued reimbursement of laboratory assays
Nebraska: Reduced formulary
North Carolina: Reduced formulary
North Dakota: Capped enrollment, instituted annual expenditure cap, lowered financial eligibility to 300% FPL (grandfathered in current clients from 301-400% FPL)
Ohio: Lowered financial eligibility to 300% FPL, (disenrolled 257 clients)
Puerto Rico: Reduced formulary
South Carolina: Lowered financial eligibility to 300% FPL, (grandfathered in current clients from 301-550% FPL)
Tennessee: Reduced formulary
Utah: Reduced formulary, lowered financial eligibility to 250% of FPL (disenrolled 89 clients 9/09)
Virginia: Reduced formulary, restricted eligibility criteria, transitioned 204 clients onto waiting list
Washington: Instituted client cost sharing, reduced formulary, only paying insurance premium for clients currently on antiretrovirals
Wyoming: Capped enrollment, reduced formulary, instituted client cost sharing

ADAPs Considering New/Additional Cost-Containment Measures
(before March 31, 2013****)

Alaska: Reduce formulary
California: Instituting client cost sharing
Georgia: Instituting client cost sharing
Virginia: Enrolling clients into PCIPs

 

 

*As a result of FY2011 ADAP emergency funding, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia were able to reduce the overall number of individuals on their waiting lists.
**Louisiana has a capped enrollment on their program. This number is a representation of their current unmet need.
***March 31, 2013 is the end of ADAP FY2012. ADAP fiscal years begin April 1 and ends March 31.

 

 

ADAPs with Current or Anticipated Cost-Containment Measures, Including Waiting Lists, April 2012