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https://advisory.avalerehealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/15053-1-KoltonGustafson_400x600.jpg600400Download the white paper. Since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) codified the use of step therapy (ST) for Medicare Part B drugs in 2019, this and other forms of utilization management have been increasingly used by health plans, including Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The stated intent of ST is to guide prescribing…