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c/insurancefights·posted 29 days ago by u/amira_dumitru

step therapy: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1

Appeal

Quick one. Canada here.

external review works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that simply does not apply outside the US.

Specifics: the route I used took 24 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the cost. The thing that would have saved me the most time was knowing which document to ask for at the start.

Happy to answer questions from anyone in the same jurisdiction.

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u/amara_haddad15 points·27 days ago·edited

Three years on this site and the questions have not changed at all. Which is depressing or reassuring depending on the day.

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u/amira_dumitruOP7 points·27 days ago

Yeah, the denial code matters, it tells you what to fight.

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u/amira_dumitruOP18 points·27 days ago

step therapy documentation is the weapon, use it

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u/hassan_castellanos6 points·27 days ago

copay is separate from coverage

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u/controversial_only9 points·27 days 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/kian_ferreira13 points·28 days ago

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

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u/amira_dumitruOP10 points·28 days ago

Strongly agree.

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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u/emeka_delgado8 points·28 days ago·edited

redact member ids and group numbers from every screenshot

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u/ahmed_abubakar9 points·28 days ago

prior auth criteria are state-specific, denial differs

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u/kian_balogun11 points·27 days ago

Did you get step therapy or outright denial?

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u/ferritin_low-30 points·27 days ago

This is correct. Appeal letters work.

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