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Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, associate professor of medicine and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and an obesity medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, treats a 64-year-old woman with obesity whose Thanksgiving experiences had been like that all her life, her mind on that day spent consumed with how much she could eat and what activities she could do, until just recently
The following drugs will no longer be eligible for coverage for weight loss or weight loss-related indications, regardless of any previously approved prior authorizations: Wegovy Zepbound Saxenda All prior authorizations for these medications will be denied for weight loss purposes
Research indicates that approximately 50-60% of patients require doses above 1mg to achieve meaningful weight reduction