Medicare coverage for weight loss therapies could generate significant cost-offsets
A new USC Schaeffer Center white paper finds the value to society of Medicare coverage for new classes of weight loss drugs would equal...
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Insurance providers in Michigan saved more than $76.5 million on diabetes drugs in the first year
A study that compared expenditures for diabetes medications before and after metabolic surgery among patients with diabetes in Michigan...
ICER finds semaglutide more effective, but more expensive
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) in the US has published its revised Evidence Report assessing the comparative...
Gastric bypass better for type 2 diabetics
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) leads to greater weight loss and a greater rate of remission of diabetes than sleeve gastrectomy or...
Bariatric surgery cost-effective in reducing COVID-19 related morbidity and mortality
Increasing the number of bariatric and metabolic surgeries (BMS) would be expected to reduce COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality, as...
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