The perils and consequences of payer step editing (“Step Therapy”) in US medical oncology: evidence, case examples, and policy remedies

Lucio N Gordan, Kristen Boykin, Michael Reff, Paul Chadwick, Kiana Mehring, Austin Cox, David Wenk, Matthew Fink, Josh Eaves, Ryan Ciarrocchi

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DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyag398
Published: 2026-10-07
Container: The Oncologist
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
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@article{allodium:10.1093/oncolo/oyag398,
  title = {The perils and consequences of payer step editing (“Step Therapy”) in US medical oncology: evidence, case examples, and policy remedies},
  author = {Lucio N Gordan and Kristen Boykin and Michael Reff and Paul Chadwick and Kiana Mehring and Austin Cox and David Wenk and Matthew Fink and Josh Eaves and Ryan Ciarrocchi},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {The Oncologist},
  doi = {10.1093/oncolo/oyag398},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/oncolo/oyag398}
}

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AU  - Kristen Boykin
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AU  - Kiana Mehring
AU  - Austin Cox
AU  - David Wenk
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AU  - Josh Eaves
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Gordan, L. N., Boykin, K., Reff, M., Chadwick, P., Mehring, K., Cox, A., Wenk, D., Fink, M., Eaves, J., & Ciarrocchi, R. (2026). The perils and consequences of payer step editing (“Step Therapy”) in US medical oncology: evidence, case examples, and policy remedies. The Oncologist. https://doi.org/10.1093/oncolo/oyag398

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