We are committed to advocating for health care coverage where we can restore, protect, or expand it for post-transplant patients.
Honor the Gift is a coalition dedicated to advocating for greater access and coverage for the care and services that ensure the long-term health of transplant patients. The reinvigorated coalition, which was originally established in 2019 to extend Medicare’s immunosuppressive medication coverage, will primarily focus on state and federal policies to protect and expand access to innovative, non-invasive diagnostic tests that are vital to post-transplant organ health.
Honor the Gift Priorities:
Protecting and expanding insurance coverage through Medicare and private payers for non-invasive post-transplant diagnostic tests is the coalition's main focus. Some specific priorities include:
Restoring Medicare Coverage: working with members of Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to advocate for restoring or protecting Medicare coverage of non-invasive post-diagnostic tests where it is in jeopardy or has been diminished. We will advocate for policies that ensure CMS utilizes the appropriate process by soliciting public input on any proposed new or changed coverage policies.
Expanding Private Insurance Coverage: advocating at the state level for passage of legislation that would mandate coverage of biomarker tests, such as donor-derived cell free-DNA (dd-cfDNA) and gene expression profiling (GEP.) We will work to ensure that any biomarker coverage bills are always inclusive of testing technologies that benefit the transplant patient community.