Barrier Radar

Payer restrictions and severity across segments

Illustrative synthetic dataData source: Optum claims access patterns + payer policy and PA source, to be confirmed (simulated)
Payer segments tracked
6
Segments with step edit
4
of 6 segments
Average PA denial rate
30.5%
Highest-severity payer
National PBM Plan A
Severity 82

Payer archetypes

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Restrictions
National PBM Plan ANational PBM18.6MCovered, tier 3 with restrictions
StepPAQL
82
41%27%14,200
Regional MA Plan BMedicare Advantage6.4MCovered with restrictions
StepPASpecialist
74
33%30%9,800
Medicaid MCO Plan FMedicaid MCO3.1MNot covered
StepPA
69
37%18%2,700
Commercial Plan CCommercial11.2MCovered, tier 3 with restrictions
PATier
61
29%16%6,300
Regional Commercial Plan ECommercial4.8MCovered with restrictions
PASpecialist
55
24%20%3,900
Large Employer Plan DEmployer2.3MCovered with restrictions
StepQL
48
19%10%4,100

Barrier prevalence

Payer segments per barrier type · click to filter

  • Step edit30.4M lives
  • Prior authorization44.1M lives
  • Specialist-only prescribing11.2M lives
  • Quantity limit20.9M lives
  • Tier placement11.2M lives