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c/insurancefights·submitted 1 months ago by u/plain_titration_2024

unpopular opinion: step therapy is massively overrated

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denial. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/meta is downstream of it. Titration speed, reflux, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort denial out first, and almost nobody does. I say this having got it wrong for 10 months. My fasting insulin was…

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u/appeal_letter_alMOD55 points·1 months ago

Retitled to remove editorialising. Put the evidence in the body.

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u/prior_auth_painappeals23 points·1 months ago

the carve-out clause varies by employer

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u/blunt_coldbox_notes17 points·1 months ago

Denied for prior auth, resubmitted with appeal documentation, approved on appeal. The criteria exist, you just have to meet them.

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u/RetaAndRegret24 points·1 months ago

do not suggest misrepresenting a diagnosis, that is fraud

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u/formulary_fighterappeals3 points·1 months ago·edited

Which plan type? prior authorization is different.

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u/cato_achebe-37 points·1 months ago

external review is the appeal after insurance says no

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u/marta_vanhecke13 points·1 months ago

resubmission after denial requires new documentation

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u/marisol_moreau15 points·1 months ago

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

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u/plain_titration_2024OP8 points·1 months ago

Copay was external review for the copay then another 19% of the total. Read the actual plan document.

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u/sofia_nascimento5 points·1 months ago·edited

resubmission after denial requires new documentation

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