As the cost of therapies increases, US health plans are utilizing tools like step therapy, to ensure patients try cheaper alternatives first, and value assessment frameworks, to assist with the ...
The Trump administration will allow Medicare Advantage plans to negotiate prices for Part B drugs by providing them the opportunity to create plans that utilize step therapy. However, some in the ...
The Massachusetts House passed a bill which aims to curb the use of step therapy by health insurers. Drugs that are designated with a “step therapy” condition of reimbursement are only paid for by ...
Insurers' use of step therapy for specialty drugs varies widely, according to a new study. The analysis, led by researchers at Tufts University and published in Health Affairs, tracked the application ...