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Who We Are

Select Care Benefits Network Inc. (SCBN) is an organization of Patient Advocates who work one on one with patients who have trouble locating, applying for and qualifying for prescription assistance. SCBN specializes in working with pharmaceutical company sponsored Patient Assistance Programs. By working with over 100 pharmaceutical company sponsored Prescription Assistance Programs on a daily basis we provide a single point of access for patients to find prescription drug assistance. Select Care Benefits Network prides itself on providing a comprehensive service for patients that includes pre-qualification, program recommendations, completion of application forms, assistance working with healthcare providers, renewal application management and help with filing appeals to company programs.
Select Care Benefits Network is currently working with over 2000 healthcare clinics to ease the increasing burdens that Patient Assistance Program management. Many clinics find themselves overwhelmed by the increased and complicated workload that these free prescription medication programs put on them. SCBN offers a variety of programs to decrease workload for the healthcare staff and increase the success rate of patients receiving this needed assistance.

Patient Assistance Programs

Patient Assistance Programs are programs sponsored by individual pharmaceutical companies. These programs assist low income patients who lack prescription coverage by giving them their prescription medications for free or, in rare cases, for a small co-pay. These programs provide much needed relief to those who fall in the cracks of our nation's healthcare system. However, very few people who qualify for and need these programs actually take advantage of them. Consequently, millions of American's must choose between purchasing their medicine of purchasing food or other basic necessities. Even worse, many patients are simply unable to take the medicine their doctor prescribes and suffer serious health consequences due to the costs of their medicine and inability to participate in Patient Assistance Programs.

Patient Advocacy

Prescription Assistance Advocacy is a rapidly expanding sector of the healthcare industry. Most patient will qualify for assistance if they lack prescription drug coverage and make less than 200% of the federal poverty level. In 2005, over 29 Million Americans fell within these guidelines, yet only a fraction of those who are eligible receive any assistance at all, most of the time because they don't even know help is available. Those who are aware that there is help available often only know about help for a small portion of their needs. They are unaware of all the programs that can benefit them. Even then they often miss being rigorous application processes and proofing requirements are to hard to navigate. Therefore a large need for patient/prescription advocacy has emerged and is being filled by concerned citizens in the private sector. Different type of programs exist offering differing levels of service. These services range from simply pointing someone in the right direction by handing them an application or a program phone number to turnkey management of multiple programs.

How to Receive Help

Select Care Benefits Network offers a turnkey service that allows patients to identify the best programs for their needs, apply and manage the processes of continually receiving prescription drug assistance. They offer a single point of contact for multiple patient assistance programs and simplify the processes to make obtaining prescription drug assistance easy for patients of all ages. Healthcare clinics or patients in need can visit their user friendly website at www.scbn.org. Patients can apply for direct assistance and be pre-qualified for the programs that best suit their unique situations online or by calling our toll free number at the top of this page.