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: Less frequent mammography associated with higher risk of late stage breast cancer. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Less frequent breast cancer screening is associated with higher risk of late-stage disease
December 9, 2025
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Less frequent mammography associated with higher risk of late stage breast cancer. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: Cholesterol drug decreases incidence of cardiovascular events -but there is a catch. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Cholesterol drug decreases incidence of major adverse cardiac events by over 20%
December 8, 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Cholesterol drug decreases incidence of cardiovascular events -but there is a catch. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Research in peril, the destruction of the #CDC, and the devastation of #fentanyl. Animal photos, too. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Weekend Longforms: Research in peril, the destruction of the CDC, and the devastation of fentanyl. Animal photos, too
December 6, 2025
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December 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Research in peril, the destruction of the #CDC, and the devastation of #fentanyl. Animal photos, too. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: Artificial intelligence adoption in hospitals is likely high, which raises AI adoption in health care delivery. AI adoption could improve the scale and quality of health care delivery, but might not decrease total medical expense. #AI
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Artificial intelligence adoption in health care delivery
December 5, 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Artificial intelligence adoption in hospitals is likely high, which raises AI adoption in health care delivery. AI adoption could improve the scale and quality of health care delivery, but might not decrease total medical expense. #AI
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Today in #Employer Coverage: #Hepatitis B vaccination at birth saves lives and lowers medical costs
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Hepatitis B vaccination at birth saves lives and lowers medical cost
December 4, 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: #Hepatitis B vaccination at birth saves lives and lowers medical costs
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Most of those with advanced #hepatitis B are not treated with antiviral medications open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Most of those with advanced hepatitis B are not treated with antiviral medications
December 3, 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Most of those with advanced #hepatitis B are not treated with antiviral medications open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: Virtual visits are effective at resolving low acuity visit concerns in an integrated delivery system .
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Virtual visits are effective at resolving low acuity visit concerns
December 2, 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Virtual visits are effective at resolving low acuity visit concerns in an integrated delivery system .
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Underutilization of lung cancer screening. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Underutilization of lung cancer screening
December 1, 2025
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December 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Underutilization of lung cancer screening. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: Reflections on Thanksgiving, 2025. #GLP-1 drugs, #vaccinations, #telemedicine, #opioid use disorder, #states, #leadership.
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Thanksgiving, 2025
November 26, 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Reflections on Thanksgiving, 2025. #GLP-1 drugs, #vaccinations, #telemedicine, #opioid use disorder, #states, #leadership.
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Surgery increases financial insecurity for those with private insurance.
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Surgery increases financial insecurity for those with private insurance
November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Surgery increases financial insecurity for those with private insurance.
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Today in #Employer Coverage: One in eight adults are on GLP-1 medications.
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1 in 8 adults are on GLP-1 medications
November 24, 2025
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November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: One in eight adults are on GLP-1 medications.
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts. A tough #flu year, mental health chatbots, insurance for hourly workers, infant mortality and impact of "risk" contracts on low value care
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Friday Shorts: Tough flu year, mental health chatbots, hourly workers, infant mortality and "risk" contracts
November 21, 2025
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November 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts. A tough #flu year, mental health chatbots, insurance for hourly workers, infant mortality and impact of "risk" contracts on low value care
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Pediatric surgery mortality higher in low-volume hospitals.
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Pediatric surgery mortality is higher in low-volume hospitals
November 19, 2025
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November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Pediatric surgery mortality higher in low-volume hospitals.
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Misuse of the patent system keeps US drug costs high. @JAMAHealthForum
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Misuse of the patent system keeps our drug costs high
November 18, 2025
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November 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Misuse of the patent system keeps US drug costs high. @JAMAHealthForum
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Gender disparity in heart disease prevalence and mortality.
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Gender disparity in heart disease mortality
November 17, 2025
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November 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Gender disparity in heart disease prevalence and mortality.
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Rise and fall of Moderna, patent shenanigans, the donut hole and how frogs and vultures help human health @statnews @washingtonpost @commonwealthfnd
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Weekend Longforms: Rise and fall of Moderna, patent shenanigans, the Medicare Part D donut hole, and how frogs help human health
A few weekend longform articles for health policy nerds:
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November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Rise and fall of Moderna, patent shenanigans, the donut hole and how frogs and vultures help human health @statnews @washingtonpost @commonwealthfnd
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts. Sky high #drug prices, #ketogenic diet and depression, and #AI revenue in primary care and radiology
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Friday Shorts: Sky high drug prices, ketogenic diet and depression, and AI revenue in primary care and radiology
November 14, 2025
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November 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts. Sky high #drug prices, #ketogenic diet and depression, and #AI revenue in primary care and radiology
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Mortality from some types of #cancer higher in those diagnosed during the pandemic.
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Cancer mortality higher for those diagnosed during the pandemic
November 13, 2025
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November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: Mortality from some types of #cancer higher in those diagnosed during the pandemic.
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Today in #Employer Coverage: More adults 45-49 are being screened for #colorectal #cancer. @jamanetwork open.substack.com/pub/employer...
More adults 45-49 are being screened for colorectal cancer
November 12, 2025
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November 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: More adults 45-49 are being screened for #colorectal #cancer. @jamanetwork open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Today in #Employer Coverage: GLP-1 prescribing is rising, but not equally across populations. @JAMANetworkOpen open.substack.com/pub/employer...
GLP-1 Prescribing Is Rising — But Not Equally Across Populations
November 11, 2025
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November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today in #Employer Coverage: GLP-1 prescribing is rising, but not equally across populations. @JAMANetworkOpen open.substack.com/pub/employer...
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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November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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...