RENAL DISEASE PROGRAM, CHRONIC, DHHS
Description
THE RENAL PROGRAM PROVIDES REIMBURSEMENT FOR DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANT SERVICES FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE, WHO RESIDE IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. PATIENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A $5 COPAYMENT ON EACH PRESCRIPTION OR NONPRESCRIPTION DRUG THEY RECEIVE THAT IS LISTED ON THE RENAL PROGRAMS DRUG FORMULARY.
Contact Information
Address:
DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
PO BOX 95026
Lincoln
NE
68509
Hours of Operation:
7:00-3:30 MONDAY-FRIDAY
Website:
www.dhhs.ne.gov
Main Phone:
Phone
402.471.0925 (Mary)
Other Phone(s):
Fax
402-471-6446
Main Contact(s):
STAFF
Other Contact(s):
Main Email:
Other Email(s):
mary.weatherfield@dhhs.ne.gov
General Information
Agency ID: 682
List of Provided Services:
Financial: Other Financial
Medical: Financial Medical, Financial Medicine
Counties Served: Adams, Banner, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gage, Garden, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, Knox, Lancaster, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Madison, McPherson, Merrick, Morrill, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Stanton, Thayer, Thomas, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, York, Arthur, Antelope
Written material: NONE
Eligibility: INDIVIDUALS MUST HAVE HAD A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT OR BE ON A DIALYSIS TREATMENT. INDIVIDUALS APPLY THROUGH SOCIAL WORKERS AT EACH HOSPITAL THAT HAS A RENAL UNIT AND THE FREE-STANDING UNIT IN LINCOLN. INDIVIDUALS CAN ALSO CONTACT NANCY BORCHERS, PROGRAM COORDINATOR 471-2638 FOR APPLICATIONS
Ages Served: All Ages
Disabilities Served: OHI - Other Health Impairment
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Fees: SET
Sliding fee schedule: Yes
How to appeal a decision:
Languages with interpreters on staff: Spanish