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    With consumer and prescriber interest in GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs “soaring,” health plan managers have a new source of financial stress and clinical questions on their to-do list. A team of Virta Health leaders held a webinar on 13th July 2023 to explain the results of a study the company just completed assessing health plan execs’ current views on Ozempic and other GLP-1 medicines with a…

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    • To avert a #GLP1 cost tsunami, add in #lifestyle behavior change @virtahealth asked 80 #healthinsurance leaders abt concerns re #Ozempic & new meds for #diabetes & #obesity #healthplans could incur $72 mm >costs per 100K covered lives https://t.co/eunlLRHcOh #foodasmedicine https://t.co/kzTBW2PtJd

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    Most patients, nurses and doctors believe that health insurance plans reduce access to health care which contributes to clinician burnout and increases costs, based on three surveys conducted by Morning Consult for the American Hospital Association (AHA).             Most patients have experienced at least one health insurance related barrier in the past two years, and 4 in 10 of those people…

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    • Patients, Nurses and Doctors Blame Health #Insurers for Increasing Costs and Barriers to Care, American Hospital Association-sponsored survey finds, @healthpopuli https://t.co/XuTUz5WBom #healthcare @ahahospitals https://t.co/HprDt851a5

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    Most patients, nurses and doctors believe that health insurance plans reduce access to health care which contributes to clinician burnout and increases costs, based on three surveys conducted by Morning Consult for the American Hospital Association (AHA).             Most patients have experienced at least one health insurance related barrier in the past two years, and 4 in 10 of those people…

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    • Nurses & doctors blame #healthinsurance plans for patients' barriers to #healthcare -- & so do patients in @ahahospitals polls 62% of patient homes faced barrier to care-->43% said health got worse as a result https://t.co/lbM8r7ZyRk #healthplans #quintupleaim #healthcosts https://t.co/QSn6xP0cHT

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    You may not be able to get that ear-worm jingle that goes “O O O Ozempic” out of your musical mind, but I’m happy to tell you there’s a new “O” in town: the Opill. Welcome to the first OTC contraceptive for sale in the USA.                     I wrote about Perrigo’s Opill here in Health Populi in May 2023 as a “signpost on the road to retail health.” It’s official: “The U.S. Food and Drug…

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    • Welcome #Opill to #womenshealth medicine cabinets @US_FDA approved the #OTC switch for @PerrigoCompany to begin marketing over-the-counter contraceptives in 2024 https://t.co/vDQKcJOdJj Welcome news in the US for womens' #healthaccess & #HealthEquity #PublicHealth #selfcare https://t.co/bXuAGR3Jjx

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    Now in Aisle E(commerce) – get your one-year membership to One Medical for $149. Today and tomorrow are Amazon Prime Days, 2023 style, when you can fetch bargains on lots of electronics (esp. deeply-discounted Amazon-branded devices), sporting goods, kitchen gear, pet supplies, and even groceries (saving with Amazon Fresh getting $20 off $100+ orders on Prime Day).                       And among…

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    • Happy #AmazonPrimeDay when you can buy 1-year membership to @onemedical discounted to $144 (that’s $12 a month for #telehealth #digitalfrontdoor https://t.co/qNVo55PBic @amazon #PrimeDay2023 today and tomorrow features lots of #health and #wellbeing stuff on sale inc @Peloton https://t.co/21AZy1ovlh

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    What if we asked an artist to re-imagine what health care could be? How might Van Gogh redesign a patient room akin to his room at Arles, or Michelangelo re-think general surgery? How might Thoreau take us on a nature walk for our mental health, or Basquiat channel his inner Da Vinci for a version of Jean-Michel’s Anatomy? In her new book, Artists Remaking Medicine. Emily Peters confronts health…

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    • Can artists help transform #healthcare? @EmilyFPeters answers w an empathic, evidence-based "yes" https://t.co/lrk0Hzzen8 Artists Remaking Medicine curates artful thinking from doctors, nurses, medtech'ies & patients sharing learnings from what works #UXhealth #ptexp #hcldr https://t.co/XadhcKHBZJ

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    The definition of “convenience” in the eyes of patients, consumers, and caregivers is multi-faceted, with the concept of “location” shifting both physically and digitally. We learn this in new research from JLL, the global real estate services company. “Why is a real estate services company doing research into consumers’ views on health care?” you might ask. See my Hot Points below, discussing my…

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    • Location x 3: #healthconsumers' changing definitions of convenience Research via @jll_usa IDs #patients' views on #healthcare: >#telehealth & "bundling" other svces like #mentalhealth https://t.co/Ie6KAlJ6Ua What's good #UXhealth #ptexp? Think #retailhealth #selfcare #trust https://t.co/9L0VdYxi1s

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    The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) turns 75 today.             The NHS was the brainchild of Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan; he wrote in a statement to doctors and nurses in The Lancet on July 3, 1948,  “My job is to give you all the facilities, resources, apparatus and help I can, and then to leave you alone as professional men and women to use your skill and judgement without hindrance.”…

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    • Happy 75th birthday @NHSuk! At 75 @NHSEngland has signs of aging like any 75yo How can #NHS address key risks of clinician #burnout & fair pay, #socialcare #SDoH risks & under-capital investment? https://t.co/riDhboeSvw Lessons for US #healthcare TY @TheLancet @TheKingsFund https://t.co/rCkTMlYtam

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    Health care cost trend will spike up another percentage point to 7.0% in 2024, according to the annual report from the PwC Health Research Institute, Medical cost trend: Behind the numbers 2024.                 Every year, the PwC HRI team goes behind those numbers to assess cost inflators and deflators which underpin annual medical inflation. As the first line chart illustrates, the peak of…

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    • Medical costs will grow 7% in 2024 @PwCUS HRI expects https://t.co/96TM0frlXu #Healthcosts inflators= workforce #inflation (think #burnout) & #pharmaceuticals costs Deflators=#biosimilas & #homecare #telehealth See @Goodroot on #Humira #biosimilars #healthconsumers #hccosts https://t.co/B7ZQoBkcEf