The ADAP Watch

ADAPs With Other Cost-Containment Strategies (Instituted Since April 1, 2009, as of April 11, 2012)

Alabama: reduced formulary, capped enrollment
Arizona: reduced formulary
Arkansas: reduced formulary
Florida: reduced formulary, transitioned 5,403 clients to Welvista from February 15 to March 31, 2011
Georgia: reduced formulary, implemented medical criteria, participating in the Alternative Method Demonstration Project
Illinois: reduced formulary, instituted monthly expenditure cap ($2,000 per client per month), disenrolled clients not accessing ADAP for 90-days
Kentucky: reduced formulary
Louisiana: discontinued reimbursement of laboratory assays
Nebraska: reduced formulary
North Carolina: reduced formulary
North Dakota: capped enrollment, instituted annual expenditure cap
Puerto Rico: reduced formulary
Tennessee: reduced formulary
Utah: reduced formulary
Virginia: reduced formulary, restricted eligibility criteria, transitioned 204 clients onto waiting list
Washington: instituted client cost sharing, reduced formulary, only paying insurance premiums for clients currently on antiretrovirals
Wyoming: capped enrollment, reduced formulary, instituted client cost sharing

ADAPs Considering New/Additional Cost-Containment Measures (Before March 31, 2013***)

Alabama: reinstitute a waiting list
Alaska: reduce formulary
Arizona: instituting client cost sharing
California: instituting client cost sharing
Georgia: instituting client cost sharing
Virginia: enrolling clients into PCIPs

*** March 31, 2013 is the end of ADAP FY2012. ADAP fiscal years begin April 1 and ends March 31.

About ADAP

ADAPs provide life-saving HIV treatments to low income, uninsured, and underinsured individuals living with HIV/AIDS in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, American Samoa, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. In addition, some ADAPs provide insurance continuation and Medicare Part D wrap-around services to eligible individuals. Ryan White Part B programs provide necessary medical and support services to low income, uninsured, and underinsured individuals living with HIV/AIDS in all states, territories and associated jurisdictions.