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c/insurancefights·posted 2 months ago by u/elin_lindqvist

someone explain step therapy to me like I have not read a paper in years

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Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud.

The advice on prior authorization in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers with the same confidence.

I have listed what I think the current consensus is below. Correct me — that is the point of posting it.

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u/elin_varga88 points·2 months ago

copay is separate from coverage

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u/appeal_letter_al55 points·2 months ago

resubmission after denial requires new documentation

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u/adaeze_weiss18 points·2 months ago

Inter-lab variance on this kind of assay is routinely 1–2 points. Different column, different gradient, different integration.

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u/elin_lindqvistOP10 points·2 months ago

external review is the appeal after insurance says no

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u/amara_haddad4 points·2 months ago

denial reason codes matter, ask for the actual code

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u/jarno_adeyemi4 points·2 months ago

external review is the appeal after insurance says no

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u/canada_coverage0 points·2 months ago

external review is the appeal after insurance says no

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u/camila_vasquez-18 points·2 months ago

Strongly agree. Step therapy is predictable if you have the criteria.

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u/maren_sorensen23 points·2 months ago

Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.

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u/honest_syringe197 points·2 months ago·edited

Denmark plan: step therapy required 23 medications first. Did them all, got approval. The order matters.

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u/cato_achebe2 points·2 months ago

Small correction: the trial was 21 weeks, not 37. Does not change your point but people will quote it.

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u/ilias_cabrera2 points·2 months ago

Strongly agree. Step therapy is predictable if you have the criteria.

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u/sofia_ferreira14 points·2 months ago

appeal letter templates are in the wiki

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u/ferritin_low12 points·2 months ago
saved. thank you.
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u/rekha_mbeki10 points·2 months ago·edited

Strongly agree. Step therapy is predictable if you have the criteria.

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u/honest_syringe197 points·2 months ago

copay is separate from coverage

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u/elin_lindqvistOP4 points·2 months ago

This is correct. Appeal letters work.

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u/line_petrov5 points·2 months ago

Edit to your parent would help — the concentration you quoted assumes one scenario and you have written another above it.

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u/ireland_drugs_pay2 points·2 months ago

appeal letter templates are in the wiki

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The paperwork war. Prior-authorisation criteria, denial reason codes, step-therapy documentation, external review, employer carve-outs, and the appeal letter templates the community has iterated on for three years. Mostly US-shaped but the tactics generalise.

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