Jeff Levin-Scherz, MD MBA FACP
@jlevinscherz.bsky.social
Physician, health policy nerd, Harvard Chan School of Public Health Assistant Professor, Population Health Leader and Managing Director of WTW, cyclist. Views my own.
Today in #Employer Coverage: The US #obesity rate has fallen (a little), likely with the assistance of #GLP-1 drugs. @Gallup @voxdotcom
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Obesity rate has fallen (slightly)
November 10, 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: The US #obesity rate has fallen (a little), likely with the assistance of #GLP-1 drugs. @Gallup @voxdotcom
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: AI chatbots and psychosis, understanding US drug costs, and Kafka-esque peer-to-peer review. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Weekend Longforms: AI chatbots, drug costs, and peer-to-peer review
November 8, 2025
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November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: AI chatbots and psychosis, understanding US drug costs, and Kafka-esque peer-to-peer review. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: Administration announces deal to lower #GLP-1 prices. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Administration announces deal to lower GLP-1 prices
November 7, 2025
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Administration announces deal to lower #GLP-1 prices. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: The US lags in savings from #biosimilar medications. New regs are a step in the right direction. employercoverage.substack.com/p/the-us-lag...
The US lags in savings from biosimilar medications
November 6, 2025
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November 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: The US lags in savings from #biosimilar medications. New regs are a step in the right direction. employercoverage.substack.com/p/the-us-lag...
Today in #Employer Coverage: Offering cardiac CT scans as a preventive service does not appear to save lives. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Cardiac CT scans as preventive service does not appear to save lives
November 5, 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Offering cardiac CT scans as a preventive service does not appear to save lives. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: Updated evidence for COVID-19, RSV and Influenza Vaccines from @NEJM open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026
November 4, 2025
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Updated evidence for COVID-19, RSV and Influenza Vaccines from @NEJM open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: Medicare Advantage plan members less likely to have cancer surgery at high quality hospitals @JAMASurgery employercoverage.substack.com/p/medicare-a...
Medicare Advantage plan members less likely to have cancer surgery at high quality hospitals
November 3, 2025
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November 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Medicare Advantage plan members less likely to have cancer surgery at high quality hospitals @JAMASurgery employercoverage.substack.com/p/medicare-a...
This weekend in #Employer Coverage: Longform articles on contaminated drug factories, an #MS memoir, and bad patient experiences with #endometriosis and #maternity care.
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Weekend Longforms: Contaminated generic drug factories, an MS memoir, and bad patient experiences with endometriosis and deliveries
November 1, 2025
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November 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This weekend in #Employer Coverage: Longform articles on contaminated drug factories, an #MS memoir, and bad patient experiences with #endometriosis and #maternity care.
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts. mRNA vaccines and cancer survival, measles vaccination rates, hospice and private equity, and colorectal cancer screening.
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Friday shorts: mRNA vaccines and cancer survival, measles vaccination rates, hospice, and colorectal cancer screening
October 31, 2025
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October 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts. mRNA vaccines and cancer survival, measles vaccination rates, hospice and private equity, and colorectal cancer screening.
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Unnecessary back surgery is common and expensive, and often leads to complications open.substack.com/pub/employer... @lowninstitute
Unnecessary back surgery is common and expensive
October 30, 2025
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October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Unnecessary back surgery is common and expensive, and often leads to complications open.substack.com/pub/employer... @lowninstitute
Today in #Employer Coverage: #glp1 prevention of heart disease is independent of weight loss. @TheLancet open.substack.com/pub/employer...
GLP-1 prevention of heart disease is independent of weight loss
October 29, 2025
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October 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: #glp1 prevention of heart disease is independent of weight loss. @TheLancet open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: US #drug launch prices surge, although many insurers delay coverage according to a new report from @ICER open.substack.com/pub/employer...
U.S. drug launch prices surge
Octber 28,2025
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October 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: US #drug launch prices surge, although many insurers delay coverage according to a new report from @ICER open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: @KFF annual survey shows that family health plan premiums approach $27,000 employercoverage.substack.com/p/kff-family...
KFF: Family plan premiums rise 6% to almost $27,000 annually
October 27, 2025
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October 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: @KFF annual survey shows that family health plan premiums approach $27,000 employercoverage.substack.com/p/kff-family...
Today in #Employer Coverage Friday Shorts: #Preventive care denials, #flu and #COVID shots, #obesity, and #marijuana. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Friday Shorts: Preventive care denials, flu and COVID shots, obesity and marijuana
October 24, 2025
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October 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage Friday Shorts: #Preventive care denials, #flu and #COVID shots, #obesity, and #marijuana. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: Specialists employed by hospitals and private equity have higher allowable fees. open.substack.com/pub/employer... @healthaffairs.bsky.social
Specialists employed by hospitals and private equity have higher allowable fees
October 23, 2025
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October 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Specialists employed by hospitals and private equity have higher allowable fees. open.substack.com/pub/employer... @healthaffairs.bsky.social
Today in #Employer Coverage: #GLP-1 drugs likely to be helpful for additional indications. open.substack.com/pub/employer.... @jama.com
GLP-1 drugs likely to be helpful for additional indications
October 22, 2025
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October 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: #GLP-1 drugs likely to be helpful for additional indications. open.substack.com/pub/employer.... @jama.com
Today in #Employer Coverage: Immunotherapy dramatically decreased metastatic #melanoma mortality open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Immunotherapy dramatically decreased metastatic melanoma mortality
October 21, 2025
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October 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Immunotherapy dramatically decreased metastatic #melanoma mortality open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: The high cost of #childbirth in the U.S. @kff.org employercoverage.substack.com/p/the-high-c...
The high cost of childbirth in the U.S.
October 20, 2025
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October 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: The high cost of #childbirth in the U.S. @kff.org employercoverage.substack.com/p/the-high-c...
Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts. COVID #vaccine effectiveness, outcomes of premature babies, and cost-sharing for statins. employercoverage.substack.com/p/friday-sho...
Friday Shorts: COVID vaccine effectiveness, outcomes of premature babies, and cost-sharing for statins
October 17, 2025
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October 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts. COVID #vaccine effectiveness, outcomes of premature babies, and cost-sharing for statins. employercoverage.substack.com/p/friday-sho...
Today in #Employer Coverage: Cell and gene therapy restrictions are common in commercial health plans. @JAMA_current
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Cell and gene therapy restrictions in commercial plans
October 16, 2025
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Cell and gene therapy restrictions are common in commercial health plans. @JAMA_current
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Ambulatory surgery centers cost less than hospital outpatient surgery.
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Ambulatory surgery centers cost less than hospital OPDs
October 15, 2025
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October 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Ambulatory surgery centers cost less than hospital outpatient surgery.
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Most of those who had a first heart attack had multiple reversible risk factors.
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Most of those who had first heart attacks had multiple risk factors
October 14
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Most of those who had a first heart attack had multiple reversible risk factors.
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Those diagnosed with #BreastCancer who missed their last mammogram have worse outcomes. @JAMANetworkOpen employercoverage.substack.com/p/those-diag...
Those diagnosed with breast cancer who missed their last mammogram have worse outcomes
October 13, 2025
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October 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Those diagnosed with #BreastCancer who missed their last mammogram have worse outcomes. @JAMANetworkOpen employercoverage.substack.com/p/those-diag...
Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Health policy research, #drug prices and #digital health. @tradeoffspod. @statnews. employercoverage.substack.com/p/weekend-lo...
Weekend Longforms: Health policy research, Trump Rx and digital health
October 11, 2025
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October 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Health policy research, #drug prices and #digital health. @tradeoffspod. @statnews. employercoverage.substack.com/p/weekend-lo...