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Mashup Score: 0The cost of preventing a heart attack with Wegovy? $1M for insurers - 8 month(s) ago
Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy could reduce the risk of cardiovascular events, but insurers face a steep cost. A study showed a 20% reduction in major cardiovascular events from the GLP-1 weight-loss drug.
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Mashup Score: 3Unfiltered: The insurance denials most frustrating to physicians - 9 month(s) ago
Physicians have taken to Twitter to talk about what insurance denials in their specialty is most frustrating
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Blue Cross of California has chosen Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. and Amazon Pharmacy as its preferred pharmacy networks, resulting in $500 million in annual sa
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Mashup Score: 0Health plans are dropping weight loss drugs like flies - 9 month(s) ago
As demand for GLP-1s surges, payers and employers are dropping coverage for weight loss medications. Data from weight management platform Found shows 69% of its
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Mashup Score: 0Ozempic demand is driving up care costs nationwide - 10 month(s) ago
Health insurers around the country are looking to raise premiums in part to meet the high demand for weight-loss drugs like Ozempic. In 10 states, Medicaid offe
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Eli Lilly surpassed UnitedHealth Group as the world’s largest healthcare company, driven by its diabetes and Alzheimer’s treatments.
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Mashup Score: 065% of health plans 'very concerned' about off-label use of Ozempic, other weight loss drugs - 11 month(s) ago
A survey by Pharmaceutical Strategies Group found that health plans are
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Mashup Score: 0Optum to acquire Amedisys - 11 month(s) ago
Optum, a UnitedHealth Group company, plans to merge with home and hospice care provider Amedisys in an all-cash deal valued at $101 per share.
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Mashup Score: 1A world without prior authorization — How analytics are helping health systems transition to value-based care - 11 month(s) ago
In healthcare’s current fee-for-service landscape, it might be difficult to imagine a world without prior authorizations. But as more hospitals and payers shift to value-based care contracting and embrace analytical data-sharing, the burdens and inefficiencies associated with the prior authorization process may become a thing of the past.
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Mashup Score: 022% of employers will cover weight loss drugs: Survey - 12 month(s) ago
Despite the popularity of weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, insurers and employers have limited interest in covering them due to their high cost. Here’s key tips on how to get insurance coverage of weight loss drugs
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