Our grants

Are high out-of-pocket healthcare costs keeping you—or your patients—from getting critical treatment? We’re here to help.

Through our patient assistance grants, we offer a fast, reliable way to get help paying for medication costs, copays, health insurance premiums, and transportation expenses.

1. Get to know our grants: Explore our grants below to understand how it works and what it covers.
2. Find a disease fund: Search our disease fund list for open funds and complete the quick eligibility screening to find out if you or your patient qualifies for a PAN grant.
3. Apply easily: If you have previously applied for a PAN grant or joined one of our disease fund wait lists, you can apply online or by phone. If not, please contact us at 1-866-316-7263, Monday through Friday, 9am to 5:30pm ET, to apply quickly and easily by phone. Healthcare providers and pharmacies can apply online or by phone on behalf of their patients.

Announcement: Changes to PAN grants

In response to the new Medicare Part D reform that will place a cap of $2,000 on prescription out-of-pocket costs for all Medicare Part D drugs starting in 2025, we are adjusting our grant amounts beginning on January 1, 2025. We design our grants to cover 100% of out-of-pocket costs for most patients—and that isn’t changing. Learn more about this adjustment.

Types of grants

Explore our different types of grants to learn what the grant covers, how to apply, how eligibility works, wait lists, and more. Get grant coverage for 12 full months with copay, health insurance premium, and transportation grants, with the chance of additional funding and renewal grants.

How our grants work

We provide grants to help pay for medication copay costs, health insurance premiums, and transportation for a 12-month period, in full compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and government guidelines. The amount of assistance you receive, and eligibility requirements, vary by disease fund.

As a patient, you can apply for a PAN grant and start using your grant right away when you’re approved. Your grant funds are yours, and you can choose when and where you use them for your covered medications, regardless of which healthcare professionals are managing your treatment. Manage your grant using the PAN portal anytime or contact us for help.

Providers and pharmacies: you can apply for PAN grants on behalf of patients and help them manage their grants. We provide all the information you need about enrolling patients, helping patients with wait lists, managing claims and billing, and more on our website. Manage patient grants using the online portal anytime or contact us for help.

Learn about grants at a live webinar

Join PAN and NeedyMeds for live virtual webinars on finding financial assistance and how to apply for grants. Check our events calendar for “NeedyMeds and PAN Foundation webinars.”

Eligibility

Grant amounts and eligibility requirements vary by disease fund. Search our disease funds to learn about eligibility criteria, what is covered, and check your eligibility with our pre-screening tool.

Fund status

• If a fund is available, it will show as “open.”
• If a fund is not available, it will show as “closed.”
• If a fund is available only to people on the wait list, it will show as “wait list only.”

How to apply

Applying for copay and health insurance premium grants

Step 1

Find your disease fund and check your eligibility with our easy pre-screening tool.

Step 2

If you have previously applied for a PAN grant or joined one of our disease fund wait lists, you can apply online or by phone. If not, please contact us at 1-866-316-7263, Monday through Friday, 9am to 5:30pm ET, to apply quickly and easily by phone. Healthcare providers and pharmacies can apply online or by phone on behalf of their patients.

Be prepared with this information for your application:

• Your diagnosis and medications
• Your health insurance carrier and insurance member ID
• Your personal and contact information, including date of birth, mailing address, email address, and social security number
• Your adjusted gross annual household income
• Your provider’s contact information, including name and phone number

Learn more about applying

Get more information about how to prepare your application, what documents and information are needed, and how long it takes. Patients and caregivers, review our page on applying for grants. Providers and pharmacies, review our page on enrolling your patients.

Applying for transportation grants

You must have a current copay or health insurance premium grant to be eligible. There are two easy ways to apply for transportation grants: check your eligibility and apply online through your PAN portal account or call us at 1-866-316-7263, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET.

Wait lists

If your disease fund is closed, you can sign up for the wait list. When the fund opens, we’ll contact you right away.

Before signing up for the wait list, check the fund’s eligibility criteria to make sure you qualify. The wait list does not guarantee eligibility, so checking your eligibility in advance can avoid delays when the disease fund opens.

You can also sign up for a FundFinder account. Making an account lets you browse a list of over 200 financial assistance programs, including the PAN Foundation. You can then follow any fund you want to get notified as soon as assistance is available.

Providers and pharmacies, we provide more details about how you can help your patients with wait lists.

Using and managing your grant

Using your PAN grant is easy and flexible. You choose when and where to use the grant for eligible covered expenses. Learn about what’s covered by your grant, how and where to use your grant, how to keep your grant active, checking your balance, and how to manage reimbursements and claims.