Major Health Plans Will Prefer Humira Biosimilars in 2025

The market dominance of Humira may finally be at an end, as payors make dramatic shifts in favor of biosimilars to ...

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Gastroenterologists Question Benefits, Note Potential Harms of New UHC Program

On Sept. 1, UnitedHealthcare introduced a new national initiative called the gold card program, which is set to go ...

OCTOBER 18, 2024

ASGE President Jennifer Christie, MD, on Highlights of Society’s DDW Presidential Plenary

ASGE President Jennifer Christie, MD, shared some highlights of ASGE’s Presidential Plenary Session to be ...

MAY 14, 2024

Insurance Hurdles Compound Difficulties for IBD Patient Care

Insurer-mandated barriers to care for patients with IBD were associated with decreased satisfaction with insurance ...

MAY 7, 2024

Zero Coinsurance for Screening Colonoscopy After Positive Stool Test Could Up Patient Life-Years

Cutting out coinsurance for patients undergoing colonoscopy after a positive stool test could improve patient ...

JANUARY 11, 2024

HCV Undertreated in the United States

Most of people with hepatitis C have not received the direct-acting antivirals that can cure more than 95% of these ...

AUGUST 29, 2023

UHC Policy Leaves GI Societies, Practices Concerned and Confused

The night before a controversial UnitedHealthcare endoscopy policy was to go into effect, the insurance company ...

JULY 12, 2023