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 A | National PBM | 18.6M | Covered, tier 3 with restrictions | StepPAQL | 82 | 41% | 27% | 14,200 |
| Regional MA Plan B | Medicare Advantage | 6.4M | Covered with restrictions | StepPASpecialist | 74 | 33% | 30% | 9,800 |
| Medicaid MCO Plan F | Medicaid MCO | 3.1M | Not covered | StepPA | 69 | 37% | 18% | 2,700 |
| Commercial Plan C | Commercial | 11.2M | Covered, tier 3 with restrictions | PATier | 61 | 29% | 16% | 6,300 |
| Regional Commercial Plan E | Commercial | 4.8M | Covered with restrictions | PASpecialist | 55 | 24% | 20% | 3,900 |
| Large Employer Plan D | Employer | 2.3M | Covered 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
