PeerPoints for Payers

Clinical Updates for Claims and Medical Management Professionals

January 2009

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In this issue:

Off-Label Use of Biological Agents in Rheumatological Diseases
First-Trimester Aneuploidy Screening
Battling Childhood Obesity with Bariatric Surgery: With childhood obesity becoming an ever-present epidemic, the issue of patient qualification for bariatric surgery needs to be revisited. Recent data shows that nearly 17 percent of US youth between the ages of six and 19 are considered overweight.

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January 2009

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