Joseph M. Coney, MD, FACS, explores strategies to address treatment obstacles among vulnerable patients and examines the effects of step therapy and prior authorization within a complex health care ...

Understand how step therapy affects psoriasis treatment. Learn about the ‘fail first’ process, the impact of treatment delays ...

Kim Albin has lost count of the number of times she’s had to battle health insurance companies over medications. Albin, who has been living with multiple sclerosis for nearly 30 years, said health ...

A New Jersey oncology nurse explains how 'step therapy' forces cancer patients to try cheaper drugs first — and why that ...

Insurers limit the use of certain prescription drugs by requiring step therapy—that is, by allowing access only after alternatives have been tried and have failed. Using data from seventeen of the ...

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.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Twenty years ago, there were only two P’s present in every ophthalmologist’s consultation room when examining ...

As the mother of a 13-year-old son with type 1 diabetes, and the wife of a husband with a disability, I truly believe there is the right medicine for the right patient at the right time. Unfortunately ...

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 ...

MANY OLDER ADULTS list aging at home as a priority, an objective shared by staff at Right Step Therapy in Merrimack. Owned by occupational therapist Andrea Bakhit and physical therapists Willow Henry ...