Fundraising | Paying Medical Expenses | Advantages To Fundraising with NTAF
- How are funds disbursed?
- What sorts of expenses does NTAF pay?
- Consider the costs of spinal cord injury (SCI)
1. How are funds disbursed? Patients must complete an application for assistance that demonstrates their financial need. Once the application has been approved, a fund request form may be completed by the patient or approved guardian for reimbursement or direct payment of medical expenses. Appropriate explanations must accompany all requests for assistance. In an effort to respond to our patient's urgent needs, checks are issued weekly. Contributions are held in a Regional Restricted Fund and are available for the patient’s life. 2. What kinds of expenses does NTAF pay?
· Insurance premiums, deductibles/co-payments
· Specially equipped vans and durable medical equipment
· Home modification
· Injury
· Home health care services
· Physical therapy and vocational rehabilitation
· Experimental treatments
· Travel expenses for rehabilitation and treatment
· Insurance premiums, deductibles and co-pays 3. Consider the costs of spinal cord injury (SCI) - Only 52% of SCI individuals are covered by insurance at the time of their injury
- Post injury hospitalization averages sixteen days, costing $140,000
- Average rehabilitation stay is 44 days
- Average first year expenses are $329,841
- Average lifetime costs for paraplegics: $730,277
- Average lifetime costs for quadriplegics: $1,270,000
- 56% of SCI individuals are unemployed 10 years after injury
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