diabetes
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Payer
Opinion: I Write About America's Absurd Healthcare System. Then I Got Caught Up in It.A pharmacist in St. Louis said my new employer-provided insurance wouldn't cover insulin without something called a prior authorization.
Innovation
Children's Mercy Uses Big Data, Digital Innovation to Improve Diabetes CareThe Kansas City health system has launched an innovative alliance that uses predictive analytics and digital technology to create new...
Innovation
Ohio Nurses Use Their Wits to Solve a Clinical Care DilemmaWhen the pandemic hindered care for their ICU patients living with diabetes, nurses in an Ohio health system took advantage...
Payer
Diabetes Drug's New Weight Loss Formula Fuels Cost-Benefit DebateIt's no surprise that some of the same drugs for diabetes are being reformulated and renamed by manufacturers as a...
Payer
Though Millions Are at Risk for Diabetes, Medicare Struggles to Expand Prevention ProgramOut of an estimated 16 million Medicare beneficiaries whose excess weight and risky A1c level make them eligible, only 3,600...
Strategy
Walmart Launches Private Brand Analog InsulinThe diabetes care announcement marks the latest healthcare foray by the retail giant.
Telehealth
Teladoc, OSU Wexner, Tag-team on Diabetes Care InitiativeTeladoc's Livongo program focuses on sustainable behavioral changes that improve glycemic and HbA1c metrics for patients.
Clinical Care
Remove Race From Medical Algorithms. Doing So Is Complicated.Black patients are about four times as likely to have kidney failure as white Americans, and who make up more...
Covid-19
Masks at the Campfire: Summer Camps for Kids With Medical Needs Adapt to CovidWhile mitigating the risk of covid infections at any of the country?s approximately 15,000 camps is a priority, it is...
Strategy
Another Soda Tax Bill Dies. Another Win for Big Soda.Despite its tarnished reputation, the deep-pocketed soft drink industry continues to exert its political influence in California.
Clinical Care
'Painless' Glucose Monitors Pushed Despite Little Evidence They Help Most Diabetes PatientsNearly 2 million people with diabetes wear the monitors today, twice the number in 2019.
Strategy
'An Arm and a Leg': Revisiting Insulin: How the Medicine Got So Expensive"An Arm and a Leg" is a podcast about healthcare costs, and its second season is co-produced by KHN.