Step Therapy

Lawmakers, including Rep. Karen Gonzalez Pittman, R-Tampa, have filed proposals that would allow Medicaid beneficiaries with “serious mental illness” to avoid a practice known as step therapy in receiving medications.

The bill would allow Medicaid beneficiaries with conditions such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia to avoid step therapy if their physicians submit documentation about medical necessity.

As a family physician, I have witnessed the hardships step therapy can cause patients, making it almost impossible for them to gain access to medication…

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