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The Pharmacy Connection, TPC, is a software program created by the Virginia Health Care Foundation that facilitates access to free medications for Virginians with chronic illnesses.

TPC has generated over $528 million in free medications for more than 148,000 eligible uninsured Virginians since its 1997 inception.

Most brand name pharmaceutical companies operate Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs) which provide free prescription medications for income-eligible patients.   Because each PAP has its own application, eligibility criteria and application process, the burden of determining eligibility, filling out paperwork, keeping up with reapplications, and preparing reports made participating in these PAPs an overwhelming task.  That's why TPC is so valuable.

TPC makes it easier and faster for health care providers to enroll their patients in PAPs, allowing them to:

	Dramatically reduce the administrative time required to complete the application process to these programs;
	Automatically determine if a patient meets the eligibility requirements of the Patient Assistance Program to which he/she is applying;
	Track the status of all applications;
	Receive automatic reminders when it's time for a patient to reapply to the PAP, ensuring that to ensure the reapplication is submitted before the patient’s medications are depleted;
	Generate required reports and streamline paperwork; and
	Help more of their low income chronically ill patients get the medications they need to stay healthy.

TPC is more than just computer software.  It has become an indispensable tool for many Free Clinics, Community Health Centers, hospitals, medical practices and other social service and community based agencies which rely on it to help their patients.  More than 250 classes of medication are included in TPC, covering chronic diseases ranging from diabetes to hypertension, clinical depression to asthma.

Find out how TPC works and why it's such an important asset for health safety net providers and for Virginia's uninsured.