The Ongoing Step Therapy Debate
Senator Lisa Murkowski’s reintroduction of the Safe Step Act has revived the debate over the prudence of step therapy protocols.

Senator Lisa Murkowski’s reintroduction of the Safe Step Act has revived the debate over the prudence of step therapy protocols.
News that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will allow Medicare Advantage programs to enact “step therapy” programs for drugs under Part B as part of an effort to combat rising drug prices has been making rounds in the health policy world recently. Step therapy is used by all major private insurers and is…