Fundraising | Paying Medical Expenses | Advantages To Fundraising with NTAF
- How are funds disbursed?
- What sorts of expenses does NTAF pay?
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 collected in honor of a patient are available throughout the patient’s life.
2. What Sorts of Expenses Does NTAF Pay?
- Health insurance premiums, deductibles/co-payments.
- Medications
- Transportation to and from the transplant center for patient and companion.
- Air ambulance for emergency visits to the transplant center.
- Relocation or moving expenses associated with accessibility to transplant center.
- Temporary housing due to relocation.
- Parking fees for visits to the transplant center.
- Meals and lodging for family support person.
- Hospital telephone and television privileges.
- Post transplant biopsies/tests.
- Living donor expenses.
- Search fees for bone marrow donor match.
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