American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC) to Introduce Innovative Mobile App to Access PCSK9 Inhibitors at a Town Hall during the ACC.18, the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session & Expo

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Feb 28, 2018, 10:07 ET

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society for Preventive Cardiology is holding a Town Hall that will unveil its mobile app to break down the barriers to PCSK9 Inhibitors, on Sunday, March 11^th from 6:00-7:45 am at the Hyatt Regency Orlando in Orlando, FL.

While the debate about the pricing of these drugs continues, more than 110,000 people denied access to this drug class could have a stroke, heart attack, or other cardiac event this year according to new research.¹

The ASPC aims to prevent this, through their novel and innovative tool that will simplify the process for clinicians and their office staff to gain patients access to these exceptional medications. The app will include a simple-step approach to gain access, single page prior authorization and appeal letters published by the ASPC, the Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and others, valuation models of drugs, case studies, references to key papers, names of "best and worst" insurance companies in each state, links to advocacy sites, information on specialty pharmacies and so much more.

"Too many patients have already been denied access to the greatest lipid lowering innovation in 30 years. How many people must suffer before we fix this problem?" stated President of the ASPC, Seth J. Baum, MD.

The Town Hall will also review the history of issues relating to, and recommendations for improving the process to access PCSK9i for patients, clinicians, and payers. Most importantly, it will provide a step-by-step tutorial on how to use the app and more easily and successfully access PSCK9 inhibitors. This mobile app may be the simple tool needed to break down barriers to accessibility.

This Event is Free for all attendees. To register, visit www.aspconline.org/barriers.

*This event is not part of ACC.18, as planned by its Program Committee, and does not qualify for continuing medical education (CME), continuing nursing education (CNE) or continuing education (CE) credit

About the American Society for Preventive Cardiology

The American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC), founded in 1985, represents a multidisciplinary group of healthcare practitioners and researchers who share interests in and passion for preventive cardiology. A Vision of the Society is to interface with ALL other organizations involved with CVD treatments and prevention. For more information visit: https://www.aspconline.org/

1. Seth J. Baum, Chi-Chang Chen, Pallavi Rane, Jeetvan Patel, Juan Maya, David Harrison, Nicole Yurgin, Rolin Wade, Nihar Desai, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA, QuintilesIMS, Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA. Cardiovascular Risk in Patients Denied Access to PCSK9i Therapy (abstract). In: Proceedings of the American College of Cardiology 67^th Annual Scientific Sessions; 2018 March 10-12; Orlando, FL. Session 1129, Abstract nr 408

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