LMH Health Drops Medicare Advantage Plans Jan 2025
LMH Health will stop accepting Aetna and Humana Medicare Advantage plans effective January 1, 2025. North Kansas City Hospital and Meritas Health providers will also no longer be in network with Aetna Medicare Advantage plans. CFO Rob Chestnut cites prior authorization denials as delaying care and increasing private company profits.
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Obesity rates hold in U S but severe obesity rises
New CDC analysis finds about 40 percent of Americans are obese from 2021 to 2023 with nearly 10 percent severely obese. Women show almost double the severe obesity rate of men while overall declines from 2017 to 2020 are not statistically significant. Dr. Samuel Emmerich notes uncertainty about the impact of new treatments like Wegovy and Zepbound on the epidemic.
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