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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 3-Nov-2025 15:11 ET (3-Nov-2025 20:11 GMT/UTC)

24-Sep-2025

Medicare Part D coverage and costs for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists

About The Study: From 2020 to 2025, prior authorization for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) became near universal and out-of-pocket costs rose substantially in 2025, as plans increasingly required coinsurance. Although the rise in prior authorization may reflect efforts to curtail off-label GLP-1RA use, recent increases in out-of-pocket costs likely resulted from broader shifts to coinsurance affecting many high-cost drugs.

Journal: JAMA

24-Sep-2025

“High-markup” hospitals are overwhelmingly for-profit, located in large metropolitan areas and have the worst patient outcomes

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Hospitals with the widest difference between the cost of their services and what they charge patients and their insurance carriers are mostly for-profit, investor owned and located in large metropolitan areas. They also have significantly worse patient outcomes compared with lower-cost hospitals.

Journal: JAMA Surgery

24-Sep-2025

Study finds virtual clinics lower hospital readmissions

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Physicians with UC San Diego Health launch a virtual transitions of care clinic that improves patient outcomes and shows a reduction in hospital readmissions.

Journal: JMIR Medical Informatics

24-Sep-2025

ESMT Berlin study: Radical leadership rarely delivers as planned

ESMT Berlin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from ESMT Berlin examines radical leadership styles through the concept of “annealing.” It shows that deliberately creating disruption can make organizations more adaptable, but only under specific conditions. Without strong leadership, sufficient resources, and credible communication, the risks outweigh the benefits.

24-Sep-2025

Free food, not gym memberships, motivates frontline workers, USF study reveals

University of South Florida
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When it comes to motivating employees, new research from the University of South Florida finds frontline workers, such as cashiers and retail clerks, value perks like food and outings far more than health benefits or gym memberships.

Journal: Journal of Marketing Research

24-Sep-2025

Why economies gain by preparing for climate change

Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reports and Proceedings

Climate change is a major economic threat. With a new model, economist Andrea Titton shows how climate disasters can disrupt supply chains, how climate tipping points may cost trillions each year, and how international fairness is also at stake. But, he says, being better prepared now will actually prove cheaper than taking the gamble of hitting a climate tipping point. On Thursday, 2 October, Titton will defend his PhD thesis at the University of Amsterdam.

23-Sep-2025

A new bone substitute made out of … 3D-printed glass?

American Chemical Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

You might think that glass has no business acting as a replacement for bone, but it turns out the two materials have many similarities. Researchers reporting in ACS Nano developed a 3D printable bio-active glass that served as an effective bone replacement material. In rabbits, it sustained bone cell growth better than regular glass and a commercially available bone substitute.

Journal: ACS Nano

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