Weight loss drugs can save patients and healthcare dollars
Healthcare Finance News December 9, 2024
In population health, a 10% weight loss makes a huge difference, say experts.
GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy have completely changed not only how physicians manage weight loss but how healthcare views obesity.
Obesity has long come with the stigma of being weak. The way to lose weight, people have been told, is to “just eat less and move more,” said Dr. Craig Primack, obesity specialist and senior vice president of weight management at Hims and Hers, during “The Evolving Landscape of Innovations for More Equitable Obesity Care and Weight Loss Management,” webinar sponsored by HIMSS and the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved on Thursday. HIMSS is the parent company of Healthcare Finance News.
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