Step Therapy For Anti-Inflammatories, ESAs Coming To UnitedHealthcare Medicare Plans

Remicade, Procrit, Aranesp and biosimilars will be subject to step therapy in limited number of Medicare Advantage plans in 2019.

Elderly man with walking frame going up the stairs outdoors

[UnitedHealthCare] will apply step therapy to Medicare Part B drugs in its Medicare Advantage plans for the first time in 2019, but is only making a limited foray into the practice.

Step therapy management means that beneficiaries will have to try and fail on less expensive options before coverage is granted...

Pink Sheet Podcast

Learn what's happening at the US FDA. On the go.

Derrick Gingery and the team bring you a weekly "Drug Fix".

More from Pricing Debate

More from Market Access