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Should doctors refuse to treat obese patients?

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IN BRIEF: Doctors are not required to treat obese patients who won’t do anything to lose weight but the problem is more than reminding patients they need to get exercise and drop pounds. Susan knew she needed to lose weight, especially when her doctor told her that her A1C indicated that she was prediabetic.

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Study finds inconsistent data in insurers’ online provider directories

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Conducted by researchers at the University of Colorado medical school, the new report is the latest to gauge the extent of a costly problem that federal regulators are working to solve: Information about doctors varies from provider directory to provider directory.

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Free Prescription Drugs Are Often Available—If Only Your Doctor Can Find Them

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Price transparency has come a long way over the past couple of years, with insurance companies and hospitals now required to publicly disclose their prices. The more pressing issue is that there is no mechanism in place to make this information easily digestible, personalized to each patient, and placed in context with competitors’ prices.

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Pharma and insurers raking in the cash

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HEY NOW : Most companies struggled in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic froze the economy, but health insurers like UnitedHealth heavily benefited as people held off on going to the doctor or hospital, resulting in fewer medical claims that needed to be paid. In addition, pharma profit margins remain very high.

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Are new weight loss drugs an answer or problem?

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But before the company can make Wegovy mainstream, it has to convince doctors to prescribe it and insurers and governments to pay for it. Wegovy’s monthly list price in the US is about $1,350, and some insurers are not yet covering the drug. Some 80 million obese Americans do not have insurers who will pay for Wegovy.

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Novo’s obesity drug has serious warnings and barriers to overcome

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Can diabetes patients really stay adherent to a drug for 63 weeks in which 85% of patients report GI side effects and will insurance cover the cost? Meanwhile, a 2020 study found Medicaid beneficiaries were 27% more likely to have obesity than those who had commercial insurance. . appeared first on World of DTC Marketing.com.

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Get ready for HUGE healthcare changes

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There is going to be more coverage for virtual doctors’ visits in new employee health plans along with expanded mental health benefits and access to on-site health clinics. Of course, this comes at an increased cost even though health insurers are making a lot of money.