A group of health care and advocacy organizations is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand coverage and access to semaglutide for the treatment of obesity. Doing so, the group says, could mitigate the detrimental outcomes and comorbidities that often develop as a result of obesity, a disease that places significant burdens on individuals and the health care system.
CMS Semaglutide Coverage Expansion Could Save Millions of Lives, Advocates Say