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Jeff Levin-Scherz, MD MBA FACP

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Physician, health policy nerd, Harvard Chan School of Public Health Assistant Professor, Population Health Leader and Managing Director of WTW, cyclist. Views my own.

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Should employers use patient financial incentives to encourage cancer screening? March 9, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Should employers use patient financial incentives to encourage #cancer screening?

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09.03.2026 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friday Shorts: Rotator cuff MRI, flu-COVID vaccine, and dialysis access in poor communities March 6, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts: Rotator cuff MRI, flu-COVID vaccine, and dialysis access in poor communities

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06.03.2026 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Produce prescriptions did not improve outcomes in patients with diabetes March 4, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Subsidy for fruit and vegetable purchases did not improve outcomes in patients with diabetes

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05.03.2026 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Overdose deaths continue to decline March 4, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Overdose deaths continue to decline. @KFF #opioid open.substack.com/pub/employer...

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ChatGPT Health doesn’t always get it right March 3, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: ChatGPT Health doesn’t always get it right

#ArtificialIntelligence

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What the Wegovy price cut means for employer sponsored health insurance March 2, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: What the Wegovy price cut means for employer sponsored health insurance

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Weekend Longforms: Measles, HPV vaccine and past and future infectious diseases February 28, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: #Measles, #HPV vaccine and past and future infectious diseases

@propublica @jwjacobs12 @AnnalsofIM @andrewjones @KFFHealthNews @rivkagalchen @NewYorker @washingtonpost
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Friday Shorts: Health care jobs, HPV and hepatitis b vaccines and a terrible flu season February 27, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts: Health care jobs, HPV and hepatitis b vaccines and a terrible flu season. @JAMA_current @JAMAPediatrics @WSJ

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Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents February 26, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Prevalence of #obesity among children and adolescents

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How environmental regulation rollbacks could affect employer-sponsored health insurance February 25, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: How environmental regulation rollbacks could affect employer-sponsored health insurance

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What Employers Can Do to Improve Early Cancer Detection and Prevention February 24, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: What Employers Can Do to Improve Early #Cancer Detection and Prevention

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Multicancer early detection test fails in huge UK trial February 23, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Multi #cancer early detection test fails in huge UK trial #MCED

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@sciam.bsky.social @laurenjyoung.bsky.social

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Weekend Longforms: GLP-1s for addiction, death from measles, vaccines and compounded GLP-1s February 21, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: GLP-1s for addiction, death from measles, vaccines and compounded GLP-1s

@dhruvkhullar.bsky.social @theatlantic.com @newyorker.com @jeffweiss.bsky.social @jeffweiss.bsky.social @tradeoffs.org

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21.02.2026 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Most on commercial insurance have at least one chronic condition February 20, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Most on commercial insurance have at least one chronic condition open.substack.com/pub/employer... @FAIRHealth

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The case against financial incentives for annual physical examinations February 19, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: The case against financial incentives for annual physical examinations

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Hospital spending accounted for 40% of the growth in medical costs from 2022-2024 February 18, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: #Hospital spending accounted for 40% of the growth in medical costs from 2022-2024. @KFF

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Statins have few side effects February 17, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Metaanalysis shows that statin side effects are rare.

@thelancet.com

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Obesity associated with higher risk of infectious disease February 16, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: #Obesity associated with higher risk of infectious disease
@thelancet.com
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Weekend Longforms: AI in mammography, Cesarean section without anesthesia, AI workload, and long-term harm of viral infections February 14, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: AI in mammography, Cesarean section without anesthesia, AI workload, and long-term harm of viral infections @erictopol.bsky.social @susanburton.bsky.social @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social

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Higher cancer mortality in those with high deductible health plans February 12, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Higher #cancer mortality in those with high deductible health plans @JAMANetworkOpen open.substack.com/pub/employer...

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Blood pressure is often poorly controlled in the U.S. February 11, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Blood pressure is often poorly controlled in the US. @JAMA_current
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Those diagnosed with cancer during the pandemic had higher mortality than expected February 10, 2025

Today in #Employer Coverage: Those diagnosed with #cancer during the pandemic had higher mortality than expected
@JAMAOnc

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Direct-to-consumer multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests: promise, uncertainty, and employer impact February 9, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Direct-to-consumer multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests: promise, uncertainty, and employer impact.
@EricTopol
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Saturday Longforms: AI, losing limbs, prior auth, premiums, and zero value of a life February 7, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Saturday Longforms. AI, losing limbs, prior authorizations, high premiums, and zero value of a human life.

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Friday Shorts: Hospital prices, telehealth for high blood pressure, maternal syphilis and measles epidemic February 6, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts: Hospital prices, telehealth for high blood pressure, maternal syphilis and measles epidemic

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Patient engagement with home blood pressure monitoring February 5, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Patient engagement with home blood pressure monitoring.

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Statins effectively reduce cardiovascular risk in people with diabetes, regardless of baseline risk level February 4, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Statins effectively reduce cardiovascular risk in people with diabetes, regardless of baseline risk level
@annalsofim.bsky.social
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Obesity rates continue to climb February 3, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Obesity rates continue to climb. @JAMA_current open.substack.com/pub/employer...

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Health plans that are too good to be true February 2, 2026

Today in #Employer Coverage: Health plans that are too good to be true. @healthaffairs.bsky.social

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