April 25, 2025
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Complete weight problems care can deal with a large number of circumstances, however it requires a “holistic recipe” of components starting from medical schooling to efficient interventions and reimbursement, a speaker stated.
At Weight problems Medication 2025, Lydia C. Alexander, MD, FOMA, DABOM, DACLM, outgoing president of the Weight problems Medication Affiliation and chief medical officer of Enara Well being, informed Healio that physicians must advocate for themselves and their sufferers to make “the work that we do inexpensive.”
“That features reimbursement for our work and our providers,” she stated. “If we are able to’t receives a commission and might’t make a residing, we are able to’t function on this area. Reimbursement might be essential.”
She additionally careworn the necessity for higher entry to remedy. Though way of life interventions are the inspiration of weight problems care, Alexander stated bariatric surgical procedure and pharmacological therapies are additionally essential, so “we’d like inexpensive entry.”
Alexander added that the genesis of many power circumstances is weight problems, so offering complete weight problems care can “transfer the needle within the U.S. well being care system to get again to well being care as a substitute of sick care.”
Reference:
- Alexander L. Presidential welcome and handle. Introduced at: Weight problems Medication 2025. April 23-27, 2025; Nationwide Harber, Md.
For extra info:
Lydia C. Alexander, MD, FOMA, DABOM, DABLM, outgoing president of the OMA and chief medical officer of Enara Well being, will be reached at primarycare@healio.com.
