Physicians and patient advocacy groups are rallying behind a renewed legislative effort in Congress to amend what they claim are harmful step therapy practices that often delay or deny effective treatments to people with chronic conditions.
In September, members of the U.S. House and Senate reintroduced the Safe Step Act, which will require group health insurance plans to offer a timely exceptions process when step therapy is not in a patient’s best interest.
Created in the 1980s by health insurance companies, step therapy is a policy that requires patients to attempt lower cost treatments