Co-pay charity delays 2018 financial assistance

Co-pay charity Caring Voice Coalition Inc. (Mechanicsville, Va.) will delay offering 2018 financial assistance to patients, according to a statement from President and CEO Gregory Smiley. Smiley said the charity's leadership "is evaluating all options and will announce the outcome of that evaluation in January 2018." In November, HHS's Office of Inspector General rescinded its support of Caring Voice after determining the charity allowed its pharmaceutical donors improper influence over its operations, including providing patient-specific data to at least one donor...