by Patrick R. Coyle | Sep 14, 2026 | 10 Exits of Therapy™
Therapy initiation is the tenth of the 10 Exits of Therapy™, and it is the only one where every part of the system has done its job and the treatment still has not started. A treatment that arrives and does not get started is usually waiting on a question rather than...
by Patrick R. Coyle | Sep 14, 2026 | 10 Exits of Therapy™
Patient engagement is the ninth of the 10 Exits of Therapy™, and it is the one where everybody stopped watching because the first part went well. Starting a treatment is measured by almost everyone in the chain. Continuing it is measured by almost no one, and there is...
by Patrick R. Coyle | Sep 14, 2026 | 10 Exits of Therapy™
Fulfillment is the eighth of the 10 Exits of Therapy™, and it is the one where everything has been approved and the medicine still is not in your hand. A pharmacy that cannot fill your prescription is telling you one of three different things, and they are usually...
by Patrick R. Coyle | Sep 14, 2026 | 10 Exits of Therapy™
Affordability is the seventh of the 10 Exits of Therapy™, and it is the only one that can change while you are standing still. If the price jumped and nothing about your medicine changed, your benefit year almost certainly reset. There are three separate places help...
by Patrick R. Coyle | Sep 14, 2026 | 10 Exits of Therapy™
Prior authorization is the sixth of the 10 Exits of Therapy™, and it is the one where everybody assumes somebody else is watching the calendar. There is a deadline on your request. It starts when the request reaches your plan, not when your prescriber’s office...
by Patrick R. Coyle | Sep 13, 2026 | 10 Exits of Therapy™
Coverage is the fifth of the 10 Exits of Therapy™, and it is the one where a decision about your treatment was made by people who never met you. Your plan keeps a list of medicines it will pay for and rules about the order you have to try them in. Both are negotiated...
