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The US Office of Personnel Management requires adequate coverage of FDA-approved antiobesity medications.
Health practitioners should understand the implications of this coverage requirement for their patients.
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The recent requirement by the US Office of Personnel Management for Federal Employees Health Benefits Program carriers to offer adequate coverage of FDA-approved antiobesity medications.
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Addressing insurance‐related barriers to novel antiobesity medications: Lessons to be learned from bariatric surgery
Hamlet Gasoyan et al. · Obesity · 2022
DOI 10.1002/oby.23556
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