Amy Prentice is the State Government Relations Manager for the National Psoriasis Foundation, focusing on the Southeast region. Having worked in the health care industry for seven years, she enjoys elevating the patient and provider voice across the country on critical health care policy issues. When she’s not in the office, Prentice can be found chasing after her toddler or cheering on her favorite sports team.

Increasing access to treatment in Georgia: you can join the fight to stop step therapy

At the beginning of 2017, the National Psoriasis Foundation, in partnership with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, targeted the state of Georgia for the introduction and passage of step therapy legislation. Step therapy, also known as ”fail first,” is a health insurance mandate that restricts spending on prescription drugs. This mandate requires patients to fail first, often…

The true cost of step therapy legislation

Without step therapy, any initial rises in drug costs would be offset by long-term savings in patient care. “Cost,” “budget” and “deficit” are words we see or hear almost daily in news headlines. Lawmakers and citizens alike are concerned that our governments are spending too much or not enough, especially when it comes to our…

Sick of Step Therapy? So are we!

If living with psoriatic disease isn’t challenging enough, most people struggle to afford their treatments. On top of that, insurance companies are increasingly using policies that prevent patients from receiving the right medication for them. Join NPF in the Lone Star State for our Texas Step Therapy Lobby Day. Together, we can change lawmakers’ minds.…