Step Therapy For Anti-Inflammatories, ESAs Coming To UnitedHealthcare Medicare Plans
Executive Summary
Remicade, Procrit, Aranesp and biosimilars will be subject to step therapy in limited number of Medicare Advantage plans in 2019.
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