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While shortages of the popular weight loss drugs persist, Hims & Hers, a San Francisco-based telehealth company, will offer access to a compounded form of the GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, starting at $199 a month.
The AMA, AHIP and NAACOS developed a resource guide on best practices to advance value-based care, which includes input from physicians on lessons learned for patient attribution, financial risk and benchmarking.
More than 485,000 accounts had seven-figure balances at the end of the first quarter, a 15% increase from the end of 2023, according to Fidelity, which is the largest 401(k) platform in the country.
Twenty-six of the 28 physicians included in the study received payments from pharmaceutical companies for a variety of reasons, most often noted as food and beverages, speaking or consulting fees.
In Novo Nordisk's studies, patients taking the drug maintained weight loss after four years and were helped by its heart health benefits, which could strengthen the case for insurers to cover the cost of Wegovy.
Prescription drug ads will soon look different as new federal transparency rules take effect, requiring commercials to clearly spell out potential side effects, essentially ending those rapid-fire disclaimers at the end of many commercials.