/tags/step-therapy step therapy en-US Copyright Thu, 04 Jun 2020 20:04:57 GMT /news/2020-06-04/ohio-senate-unanimously-passes-bill-banning-fail-first-treatment-for-cancer-patients This week the Ohio Senate unanimously approved SB 252, which prohibits health care providers from requiring advanced-stage cancer patients try the… Thu, 04 Jun 2020 20:04:57 GMT /news/2020-06-04/ohio-senate-unanimously-passes-bill-banning-fail-first-treatment-for-cancer-patients /statehouse-news-stories/2019-12-09/change-to-insurance-process-could-connect-cancer-patients-to-treatment-faster Ohio lawmakers are proposing a bill that would eliminate an insurance provision known as "step therapy" for people diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. Mon, 09 Dec 2019 19:41:37 GMT /statehouse-news-stories/2019-12-09/change-to-insurance-process-could-connect-cancer-patients-to-treatment-faster Andy Chow /news/2018-12-06/ohio-senate-passes-bill-to-regulate-step-therapy-by-insurers A bill in the Ohio Senate doesn’t ban so-called "step therapy," but would allow for exemptions such as if medication causes an allergy or if the patient… Thu, 06 Dec 2018 11:56:06 GMT /news/2018-12-06/ohio-senate-passes-bill-to-regulate-step-therapy-by-insurers Karen Kasler /statehouse-news-stories/2018-11-15/lawmakers-try-final-push-on-bill-to-regulate-step-therapy-by-insurers A bipartisan bill dealing with how insurance companies deny certain treatments and drugs until other options are tried first is getting a final push in... Fri, 16 Nov 2018 00:57:26 GMT /statehouse-news-stories/2018-11-15/lawmakers-try-final-push-on-bill-to-regulate-step-therapy-by-insurers Karen Kasler, Karen Kasler