Jeff Levin-Scherz, MD

Ass't Prof, @HarvardChanSPH , Physician, Consultant @WTW, blogger, cyclist and wonk. Views my own!

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Today in #Employer Coverage: Nearly one in four workers stays in a job they want to leave to keep their health insurance
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Saturday Longforms: PBGH wish list, drug prices, immigrants and cuts to family planning and HIV care. Animal photo, too
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Today. in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts: 340b, GLP-1s and NSA arbitration awards

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Today in #Employer Coverage: Read my op-ed in StatNews : New billing codes likely to raise maternity costs. @ACOG @cclareMDMPH @statnews

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Today in #Employer Coverage: How should we think about the cost of cancer screening? Cancer screening saves lives, but does not lower the total cost of medical care.

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Today in #Employer Coverage: GLP-1 drugs , like most medical care, do not lower medical costs

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Today in #Employer Coverage: Saturday Longforms; “Geriatric” pregnancies, AI will raise costs, and domestic medical supplies. Animal photos too

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Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts. Alpha-Gal, operating room margins, and #measles in South Carolina

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Today in #Employer Coverage: Medical spending increases are highest for those with high family incomes.

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Today in #Employer Coverage: Body Mass Index (BMI) underestimates clinical #obesity
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Those with #HIV continue to live longer @JAMANetworkOpen

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Today in #Employer Coverage: Drug denials are strikingly common @JAMA_Current @Jhttps://open.substack.com/pub/employercoverage/p/drug-denials-are-strikingly-common

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Today in #Employer Coverage: Saturday Longforms. External reviews, longevity, mental health, virus hunter and a series on health insurance costs. Animal photo, too
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts: Self-directed CBT, life expectancy, coffee, Alzheimer's test, GLP-1 impact and telehealth prescription.

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Today in #Employer Coverage: 29% of new prescriptions for branded medications are not filled, and list pharmacy prices rise faster than net prices @iqvia

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Today in #Employer Coverage: Over 32,000 birthing mothers in the US have severe maternal morbidity each year #SMM @commonwealthfund https://t.co/S3hyNzOigl

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Today in #Employer Coverage: Medicare begins coverage of #GLP-1 medications for #obesity.

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Today in #Employer Coverage: No Surprises Act arbitration continues to drive up health care costs #NSA #IDR @sarahkliff @TaraBarrow4 @sangerkatz
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Remote work, peptides, medical debt, AI scribes, and deaths from heat

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