3. What should be done to help overcome barriers to specialty medication access?

• Prescribers offices alone should be relied upon to take the steps required to ensure the patient gets the medication.
• Specialty pharmacies alone should be expected to handle all of the patient's medication needs, including nonmedical factors that impact adherence.
• Patients should be advised to become trained as a community health worker so that they could better manage their care and navigate barriers on their own.
• Prescribers, specialty pharmacies, community pharmacies, and patients should work as a team to address both medical and nonmedical factors negatively impacting care.