Today in #Employer Coverage: Prior authorization varies greatly among commercial insurers @AnnalsofIM open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Only half of women ages 45-64 are current on all three recommended cancer screenings @JAMANetworkOpen @jlevinscherz open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Metastatic breast cancer diagnoses increased from 2010–2021 @jamanetworkopen.com @jlevinscherz.bsky.social @jlevinscherz  open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Believe it or not, employer medical costs were predicted to be higher! @LevKlarnet @brookings.edu @Cutler_econ open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Preeclampsia, old fashioned infectious disease, hantavirus test, and reversing terminal disease @tinasturdevant.bsky.social @theatlantic.com @nytimes.com @theathletic.com @wired.com employercoverage.substack.com/p/longforms-...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Colorectal cancer screening only saves lives with proper follow up @jamainternalmed.com @jlevinscherz.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Protecting members and plans in an age of climate change. @Health_Affairs open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Hot days drive up emergency department visits and increase health plan costs open.substack.com/pub/employer... @Health_Affairs @jlevinscherz

Today in #Employer Coverage: #Telemedicine antibiotic prescription no higher than during in-person visits @JAMANetworkOpen @jlevinscherz open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Pharmacogenomic testing modestly improves antidepressant therapy @JAMANetworkOpen open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Saturday Longforms: Physician shortage, HPV vaccine safety, Blue Zones, Trump Rx, and a genetics pioneer @erictopol.bsky.social @matthewherper.bsky.social @ssataline.bsky.social @shelleywood.bsky.social employercoverage.substack.com/p/saturday-l...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts: Cutting costs, flu shots and child deaths, the cost of PBM biosimilars and high mortality from opioid overdose deaths open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: The impact of 340B discounts on employer-sponsored health plans open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Studies in the US cite higher cost effectiveness thresholds than those in other developed countries @health_affairs_org open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine will increase medical costs open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Bone marrow transplant, fetal monitoring, generics at the Supreme Court and colon cancer in young people @LauraALandro @sarahkliff @armandalegshow @sciencevs open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts: AI turf war, cancer funding, drug cost-sharing and plan waivers @JAMANetworkOpen @JAMAInternalMed @bnrome @business open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Increase in metabolic liver disease could raise medical costs. @TheLancet open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: 988 Suicide Crisis Lifeline associated with lower adolescent and young adult suicide rates open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Belief in misinformation is common; employers can counter false claims without inadvertently amplifying them through the use of cognitive psychology principles like the "truth sandwich." @nature.com open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Misinformation is common, and how to avoid amplifying it open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Biomarkers are underused in determining treatment for advanced cancer @jamanetworkopen.com open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Founding fathers and public health, GLP-1s for everything?, hospital boarding, research misconduct, measles complications, and flu in the military @ginakolata @WSJ @juliaoftoronto @RosenthalHealth @freakonomics open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts: Hormonal treatment, denials overturned, and IDR databook @BrookingsInst @JAMAInternalMed @business open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: CMS calls off program for Medicare to cover #GLP-1s open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Prior authorization often leads to delayed prescriptions @JAMAHealthForum open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Review of studies shows favorable outcomes in #midwife attended births open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: #Vaccination in #pregnancy protects newborns open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts: HPV cancer prevention, chatbot hazards, and the costs of measles open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Unbundled #maternity billing could lead to higher costs and more fragmented care open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: No data to back up health insurer claims of reducing prior authorization employercoverage.substack.com/p/no-data-to...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Insurance denial rates increased in 2025 open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Genetic testing is not likely to play a large role in #GLP-1 prescription for #obesity open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Peptides, generics, surgical waste and maternal disparities @NewYorker @statnews @BostonGlobe @ArmLegpodcast open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts: Nasal flu shots at home, two-thirds of adults take meds, AI scribes, and Iran and the medical supply chain. @kffhealthnews @kff_org open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Medicaid cuts will impact employer-sponsored health insurance. @KFF open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Nearly Half of Metro Areas Are Dominated by One or Two Hospital Systems @KFF open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Appendicitis is increasingly treated without surgery @JAMA_current open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Does primary care lower total medical costs? open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Tracy Kidder, CDC turmoil and hospital infections open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts: Drug tariffs, oral GLP-1, health care worries open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: More brand name drugs not covered or subject to utilization management open.substack.com/pub/employer...

What should employers know about pediatric #vaccines, given changes in federal recommendations and legal challenges? My @WTW colleague Patricia Toro and I have an article up now in Human Resources Executive magazine. hrexecutive.com/pediatric-va...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Income loss associated with serious physical or mental illness. open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Shifting drug costs to employees through direct-to-consumer channels could reduce adherence and worsen health disparities open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Positive stool tests for colorectal cancer are only useful if patients follow up with a colonoscopy open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Obsequious AI, CAR-T for autoimmune disease, memoir of a diagnosis and a threat to generic drugs. Animal photo too open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage; Friday Shorts: AI medical advice, pharmaceutical kickbacks and mammography rates open.substack.com/pub/employer... @KFF @JAMANetworkOpen

Today in #Employer Coverage: #COVID Vaccine associated with lower risk of sudden death open.substack.com/pub/employer...

Today in #Employer Coverage: Patients with diabetes who remained on GLP-1 drugs had lower cardiovascular risk. @bmj_latest employercoverage.substack.com/p/patients-w...