Explore life-changing cancer care. Dr. Udai Kammula, who leads the solid tumor cell therapy program at UPMC Hillman Cancer ...

Nationwide, at least 36 states, including Illinois, have laws in place requiring health insurers to make exceptions to step therapy rules in certain situations, according to the National Psoriasis ...

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 ...

Step therapy requirements give insurers a chance to pump the brakes when a patient is pursuing a treatment or medication that might be risky for them, said Laura Minzer, president of the Illinois ...

For psoriasis, the step therapy protocols were stricter more than 99% of the time. James Chambers, an associate professor at the Tufts Medical Center Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy ...

That’s where the Safe Step Act that’s pending in Congress comes into play. Similar in intent to Louisiana’s Step Therapy reform, as well as to bills passed in more than three dozen other ...

By Robert Levey Special to the Union Leader Oct 20, 2024 Updated Jan 22, 2025 ...

Step therapy may help PBMs maximize their own profits, but it can be deeply problematic for patients. It allows company bureaucrats — rather than doctors — to decide which medications a ...