Ms. lewis understands that medicare prescription drug plans may use various methods to control the use of specific drugs. she has heard about a technique called “step therapy” and is wondering if you can explain what that is. what should you tell her?

Step therapy is the process of trying less expensive drugs before trying a more expensive drug. For instance if you have a cold, you would try over the counter cough medicine and if that didn't work you would get a prescription for a more expensive drug.

Hope this helps.

Step therapy is a caring approach aimed to reduce the cost of the medication prescribed to the patients.

Explanation:

The process of step therapy is when we are in front of a medical condition that requires to take a drug. Start with the cheapest way to treat it and then if that doesn´t work "step up" to a higher and more expensive dose of a more powerful drug.

This process is seen from the health care providers as a cost reducer. The opponents of this approach state that it could deteriorate the medical condition the patient has by beeing treat lately,

I hope this answer helps you.