CMS Issues Coverage Guidance on GLP-1 Anti-Obesity Drugs: Implications for Health Plans Posted on April 5, 2024 CMS Issued Coverage Guidance on GLP-1 Anti-Obesity Drugs Requiring Considerations for Health Plans GLP-1s (glucagon-like peptide 1 agonist) came up in the news again after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued coverage guidance on GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs with expanded indications on March 20, 2024.* Since the inception of Medicare Part D, drugs used for weight loss have been excluded from basic coverage
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So when one of our physicians or nurse practitioners sees a patient with obesity and we are prescribing, deprescribing, managing side effects or addressing abnormal laboratory values, we work with the PCP, we communicate with the PCP to try to create a coordinated approach so that the patient is getting excellent primary care to address the multitude of clinical conditions that they may have, while also receiving excellent specialty care to manage this underlying complicated disease state