Kansas House Rep. Tim Johnson advocates for Medicare coverage of FDA-approved anti-obesity medications. Johnson argues that ...

Titled “State of the Industry—The Evolving Landscape of Healthcare Coverage and Access in 2025,” 1 the goal of the Access USA general session was explore the dynamics impacting healthcare coverage and ...

Regulatory and reimbursement pathways should consider indirect benefits in addition to direct health benefits when evaluating ...

Three decades of landmark research into type 2 diabetes prevention abruptly ended this month due to government funding cuts.

Mo., and Jim Costa, D-Calif., are leading a resolution to officially designate the day as a celebration of “the importance of ...

Former NIH director Dr. Harold Varmus speaks out about what recent budget cuts and policy changes could mean for science.

Mounjaro, a tirzepatide drug prescribed for diabetes, could help people without this condition lose 13% of their body weight ...

If it is a direct ... called ‘indirect’ because entities that are obliged by the law to pay these can pass the charges along to their customers. Almost invariably, the final cost is borne ...

More than 700,000 people in the United States experience a stroke every year, and as many as 30% are permanently disabled. In 2005 the projected direct and indirect costs of stroke in the United ...

Objective To estimate the direct healthcare cost of being overweight or obese throughout pregnancy ... alcohol consumption and comorbidities through data collection at the patient level. This enabled ...