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PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To determine if subsidizing the cost of a food-based intervention for managing hyperlipidemia could be cost-effective under commercial insurance and/or Medicare coverage scenarios. RECENT FINDINGS:A large number of patients eligible for pharmaceutical treatment of hyperlipidemia either cannot or will not use lipid lowering drugs, leaving them at increased cardiovascular risk. Lipid levels can be modified by diet, but food has never enjoyed covered benefit status. We evaluated the financial implications of providing insurance coverage for a specifically formulated suite of food products previously documented to yield statistically significant lipid reductions, using multiple product uptake and lipid impact scenarios in both commercially covered and Medicare-covered populations. Even after controlling for multiple confounders, we noted positive payback on subsidizing the cost of lipid-lowering foods under all scenarios. Addressing a root cause of hyperlipidemia by directly encouraging dietary modification provides a cost-effective alternative for cholesterol management, especially for statin intolerant or statin unwilling patients.
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Curr Cardiol Repjournal_title
Current cardiology reportsauthors
Dong I,Klodas Edoi
10.1007/s11886-020-01397-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-09-10 00:00:00pages
138issue
11eissn
1523-3782issn
1534-3170pii
10.1007/s11886-020-01397-9journal_volume
22pub_type
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