Over the past two decades the use of step therapy or edits by health insurers has increased significantly. Step therapy, also called step edits, implies that in a given therapeutic class lower cost ...

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Young adults with IBD are more likely to face step therapy mandates, making clinicians concerned that insurers are ignoring evidence-based guidelines and imperiling outcomes.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite a mounting number of state-level laws enacted to protect vulnerable patients against step therapy ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Step therapy, a controversial payer policy, can cause treatment delays and contribute to physician burnout.

Step therapy is a process your health insurance provider may require before it will cover certain drugs. Many insurance providers require step therapy for Mounjaro (a drug prescribed for type 2 ...

When he was just seven years old, Lorenzo started to experience frequent pain and swelling in his joints that grew worse until it was an everyday occurrence. When the swelling in his knees and ankles ...

Insurance company are essentially determining patients’ treatment plans based solely on what drugs they can get the best price on. MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the ...

Step therapy occurs when your insurer requires you to use medication alternatives before another, possibly more expensive, treatment option. Depending on specific factors, you can work with your ...

Step therapy is when Medicare Part D plans ask beneficiaries to try a more affordable drug before approving higher-cost prescriptions. In Medicare, Part D covers general prescription drugs, whereas ...

The University Orthopaedic Center (UOC) houses the state’s largest hand and upper extremity therapy clinic in the Mountain West. This state-of-the-art hand therapy clinic is located on site with the ...