Novartis Patient Support^™

Novartis Patient Support is a comprehensive program that is designed to help your eligible patients start, stay, and save on COSENTYX^®

Your practice and patients will have access to a Novartis Patient Support team committed to supporting your patients, including:

• Dedicated assistance with access and reimbursement

• Personalized support for your patients on therapy

• Single points of contact for you and your patients

Getting patients started with Novartis Patient Support

Missing information may result in delays. Novartis Patient Support will contact you to request any incomplete information.

Insurance support

Help navigating the insurance process, including benefits verification and support with the prior authorization and appeals processes.

Benefits verification

Once you’ve enrolled your patients in Novartis Patient Support, our team will conduct a benefits verification to better understand your patient’s coverage, including:

• Informing your practice about additional requirements, such as prior authorization

• Identifying savings options available to your patients

Prior authorizations (PAs) and appeals

Novartis Patient Support can help with PA requests or letters of appeal by working directly with you or your office, including:

• Providing helpful information and timely updates via phone

• PA, Exceptions, and Appeals Kit that includes the following:

  • PA Checklist

  • Exception Request Checklist

  • Appeal Submission Checklist

  • Sample letters

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Financial support

Assist with connecting patients to relevant saving options.

At Novartis Patient Support, we understand that affordability is important. That’s why we offer a range of savings options and resources to help your patients access treatment regardless of their ability to pay.

Co-Pay Plus

COVERED Until You’re COVERED (also called Bridge Program) for COSENTYX in SC form

Up to 2 years of COSENTYX in SC form for free through the COVERED Until You’re COVERED Program (also called Bridge Program) while health plan coverage is pursued.

To be eligible for $0 Co-Pay offer or the COVERED Until You’re COVERED Program, patients must have:

• Private insurance

• A valid prescription for COSENTYX

Additional terms apply.

Patients can sign up online here

COSENTYX is available through a direct-to-patient option

This option makes COSENTYX available to patients who do not have insurance coverage, or who will choose to pay out of pocket for the full cost per self-injectable dose.

Eligible products

These self-injectable products are available through the direct-to-patient option:

• COSENTYX Sensoready^® Pen (150 mg) ($3434, a 55% discount)^‡
• COSENTYX UnoReady^® Pen (300 mg) ($3434, a 57% discount)^‡
• COSENTYX Prefilled Syringe (150 mg) ($3434, a 55% discount)^‡
• COSENTYX Prefilled Syringe (75 mg) ($1717, a 55% discount)^‡

How it works

1) Enrollment:

The patient can enroll online or call 888-470-0391. Our partner, ASPN Pharmacies, will reach out to you via fax to confirm the prescription. Alternatively, you can initiate the process by sending the prescription directly to:

ASPN Pharmacies LLC
290 West Mount Pleasant Ave
Building 2, 4th Floor, Suite 4210
Livingston, NJ 07039 United States

T: 973-564-8004 or 973-295-3289

F: 973-564-8010

NPI: 1538590690

2) Shipping & Payment:

Once the prescription has been confirmed, the patient will receive a text message from our pharmacy partner to schedule shipping and pay via credit card, HSA or FSA card, or Apple Pay^®.

COSENTYX will be shipped for free to the patient on a day they can select. ASPN Pharmacies will contact the patient for refills.

^‡Terms & Conditions
This Direct Purchase Option to self-pay patients facilitates cash purchases of certain Novartis products to individuals with a valid prescription for the Novartis product being filled. The Direct Purchase Option is not insurance and – as an exclusive cash-pay offer – insurance is not accepted. Neither Novartis nor the Direct Purchase Option are pharmacies; all purchases are made through ASPN Pharmacies LLC and prescription will be fulfilled through Thrifty White Pharmacy and such purchases will be subject to the Pharmacy’s own terms and conditions it maintains in its normal course of doing business as a licensed pharmacy, including any additional charges for which the patient is responsible. Purchases made through the Direct Purchase Option cannot be combined with any other Novartis offer or program, such as coupons, free trials, prescription savings cards or any other offer not associated with the Direct Purchase Option. Medicines purchased through the Direct Purchase Option will be dispensed within the United States only, including its territories. Patients that are beneficiaries of any federal health care program agree that they shall not seek any reimbursement from their federal health care program or attempt to count any purchase made through the Direct Purchase Option towards any deductible or out-of-pocket costs. Price and corresponding savings percentage subject to change at any time. The Direct Purchase Option may be changed, modified, or rescinded by Novartis without notice.

FSA, flexible savings account; HSA, health savings account; NPI, National Provider Identifier.

Coding & billing support

Novartis Patient Support is dedicated to helping you get treatment for your patients.

Buy & bill

Our team will conduct a benefits verification. We’ll also help you navigate the PA and appeals process and answer questions you may have about coding and billing.

Coding & billing

We offer educational resources designed to help your practice understand coding and billing for COSENTYX.

• Information on local health plan coding/billing/claim submission policies and procedures

• Relevant billing codes that may be appropriate for your patients

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Ongoing support

Novartis Patient Support provides patients with ongoing help to stay on track with their COSENTYX treatment plan, including:

• A dedicated Novartis Patient Support Team member to answer their questions at every step

• Information on financial support options

• Help navigating health care changes

• Welcome Kit designed to provide resources to help them get started on treatment

• Tips for setting up a routine that keeps them on track with their medication dosing

• Resources for living with PsA, AS, or nr-axSpA, administering COSENTYX, and finding supportive communities

• Continuous support to answer lifestyle and routine questions

• Their choice of texts, calls, and emails, including tips to keep them on track

Novartis Patient Support does not provide clinical advice or care and is not a substitute for patient consultation with a health care provider.

Important contacts that can help support you

Our partners

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Novartis Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NPAF)

Novartis Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NPAF) is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit entity that provides certain medications at no cost to eligible patients who cannot afford the cost of their Novartis medication, are uninsured or have government insurance, and meet income guidelines and other eligibility criteria.

To be eligible, your patients must:

• Reside in the United States or a US Territory

• Be treated by a licensed US health care provider on an outpatient basis

• Meet income and insurance guidelines