Alliance for Patient Access (AfPA) is a national organization of policy-minded clinicians and patient advocates focused on advancing patient-centered health care and improving timely access to treatment.
Health care access policy, especially opposition to restrictive utilization management practices such as prior authorization, step therapy, non-medical switching, restrictive formularies, and policies that delay or deny treatment; it also engages on patient cost and patient choice issues at the federal, state, regulatory, and health plan levels.
Supported through associate member dues, sponsorships, grants, and gifts.
Institute for Patient Access (IfPA); affiliated working groups and coalitions; leadership includes Chief Medical Officer David Charles, MD, and Executive Director Josie Cooper.
501(c)(4) nonprofit advocacy organization
