Latest posts tagged with #StepTherapy on Bluesky
Insurers can deny the medication your clinician prescribes, often because of #steptherapy, which forces patients to try “cheaper” meds first and wait for failure before getting the treatment they actually need.
Learn more here: medshadow.org/what-is-step...
via Adam J. Fein Ph.D. - The Hidden Burdens of Cancer Care: When Insurers Override Doctors www.drugchannels.net/2025/11/the-hidden-burde... #Cancer #CancerCare #PriorAuthorization #StepTherapy #FailFirst
Florida Rheumatologists: Your voice matters!
Visit the FSR Action Center to contact lawmakers, stay informed, and protect patient access to care.
floridarheumatology.org/ActionCenter
#RheumAdvocacy #FSRAdvocates #FloridaRheumatology #StepTherapy #PBMReform
🚨 Last call! Tell us how health policy issues like #priorauth and #steptherapy are impacting you in our short survey. This will set the tone for our advocacy work in the 119th Congress and help us better represent YOU on Capitol Hill. 🏛️
Get started 👉🏼 ow.ly/wcVO50ULPOC.
In 2021, we published an article in Health Affairs looking at #steptherapy restrictions as it relates to clinical guidelines.
We found that only about 30% of the time, step therapies followed clinical guidelines.
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....
(Posting for awareness on the sky)
Illinois bans #StepTherapy along with other profit-driven health insurer bullshit. #HealthInsurance #HealthcarePolicy
apnews.com/article/97d8...
Good news #CA patients--#AB347 has taken a step forward to reform #steptherapy & #priorauthorization! TY @drarambulaAD31 @JimWoodAD2 and members of the committee for your vote! #CALeg @MarieWaldron75 @BMaienschein @JimWoodAD2
.@Capitol_Weekly features @ArthritisFdn & @CalRheum piece supporting #AB374 which would help ensure that treatments are based on the counsel of a doctor, not an insurance company. #steptherapy #utilizationmanagement https://bit.ly/38Qt5s0
