Delaying the implementation of that decision, they say, often harms patients. At least 36 states—including Maryland, where Yermal lives—have laws that are supposed to limit insurers' use of step ...

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.

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 ...

Pharmacist George Tadross takes care of a customer at MAC Pharmacy in Cleveland in May 2024. Insurance companies, and the pharmacy benefit management companies that handle prescriptions for them, ...

CHICAGO — 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 ...

At least 36 states — including Maryland, where Yermal lives — have laws that are supposed to limit insurers’ use of step therapy. But most only apply in certain cases, and enforcement has been spotty.

Jun. 12—Cassidy Yermal, 32, began experiencing debilitating migraines when she was 17 years old. As a teenager growing up in northeastern Pennsylvania, she saw numerous neurologists and tried a ...