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Coverage of obesity treatments will become a recruitment and retention tool for workers in a competitive hiring market.
Almost half of working age Americans have obesity, creating health concerns for employees and employers alike.
With health care costs rising to more than $13,000 per employee, smart, preventive approaches to chronic conditions like diabetes help control costs.
With 10%-15% of health care costs spent on prescription drugs, it's important to understand the real cost impact of rebates.
Generics and biosimilar drugs are available at a substantially lower price for many drugs, but are often excluded from formularies by the very vendor we entrust to manage our costs.