Abstracts tagged "pharmacotherapy and prior authorization"

Abstract Number: 1053 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Step Therapy Protocols on North Carolina Rheumatologists’ Job Satisfaction and the Quality of Care Received By Their Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Victoria Hamby¹, Amanda Nelson², Antonia Bennett¹, Leigh F. Callahan³ and Stacie Dusetzina⁴, ¹Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology and Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Early diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is crucial in minimizing disease damage. Step-therapy, a form of prior authorization used by payers to…