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Finance
1.3% of Enrollees Account for Nearly 20% of Spending in Larger Employer Health Plans
Enrollees with 'persistently high spending' over three years averaged almost $88,000 in health spending in 2017.
Clinical Care
On A Mission To Help People Control Diabetes — And Save Money On Insulin
A Tennessee couple has dedicated the last years of their working lives to helping people with Type 2 diabetes control...
Clinical Care
Treasury Expands Preventive Care Benefits for High-deductible Plans
In prior guidance, the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury have not included preventative care for services or benefits meant...
Clinical Care
Diabetic Amputations A 'Shameful Metric' Of Inadequate Care
For decades, the American medical establishment has known how to manage diabetes. Yet across the country, surgeons still perform tens...
Clinical Care
Liver Illness Strikes Latino Children Like A 'Silent Tsunami'
About 1 in 4 people in the U.S. have fatty liver disease. But among Latinos, especially of Mexican and Central...
Innovation
FDA Moves to Curb Insulin Price Hikes as Pressure on Manufacturers Mounts
Insulin manufacturers have long been criticized for raising their list prices year after year. Now the FDA aims to make...
How Much Difference Will Eli Lilly's Half-Price Insulin Make?
Between 2009 and 2017 the wholesale price of a single vial of Humalog, the Eli Lilly and Co.-manufactured insulin, nearly...
False Lead: Senator's Offer to Help Patient Import Cheap Insulin Goes Nowhere
Sen. Mike Enzi said he knew of a foundation that would import insulin for patients, but it doesn?t appear to...
Clinical Care
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Equivalent to Doctors in Chronic Illness Care
In NP, PA, and physician treatment of diabetes patients, no significant difference is found in three clinical measures.
Clinical Care
The Most Wonderful Mistake the FDA Ever Made
The 2008 decision to mandate large-scale clinical cardiovascular trials transformed the treatment of diabetes for millions of people in an...
Nursing
Take a Stand. Nurses Should Educate Patients on the Risk of Too Much Sitting.
Nurses can help raise public awareness that prolonged sitting comes with health risks.
Clinical Care
Penn Medicine to Phase Out Sugary Drinks
The health system wants the food it serves to align with its missions to care for and educate patients with...