Health Care Bias, Cost of Care Biggest Barriers to Liver Care for LGBTQI+ Patients
August 28th 2024In this interview, Sarah Manes, Global Liver Institute, explores the unique challenges faced by LGBTQI+ individuals, particularly those with disabilities, in accessing and receiving appropriate liver care.
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FDA Approves Resmetirom, First Treatment for NASH With Liver Fibrosis
March 14th 2024The first medication for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and liver fibrosis received accelerated approval. Previously, the only treatment available to patients was implementing lifestyle changes aimed at weight reduction.
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Jeff McIntyre: How Managed Care Professionals Can Prevent Delayed NASH Diagnoses
October 18th 2023Jeff McIntyre, MA, of the Global Liver Institute, discussed how the delayed diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) affects patients and how health care and managed care professionals can help expedite diagnosis and treatment.
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Educational Interventions Are Needed to Address Knowledge Gaps for Management of NASH
December 13th 2021Two posters presented at The Liver Meeting identified the primary care coordinators for patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and areas of unmet need among specialists to provide optimal management.
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Liver Health Policy Update: Despite Liver Cancer Trends We Have Opportunity
October 1st 2019October is Liver Cancer Awareness Month, an annual national awareness campaign centered around raising the voices of those impacted by liver cancer, showing the importance of liver cancer screening and prevention, and examining the future of the liver cancer landscape worldwide.
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Global Liver Institute Applauds Trump Administration for Executive Order to Improve America
July 10th 2019Key measures include calling for increased transparency and accountability in the performance of the nation’s 58 Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and increasing and expanding the reimbursement for living donors.
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Global Liver Institute Voices Concern With Proposed Cuts to NIH Funding
March 29th 2019In response to the Trump administration's 2020 Fiscal Year Budget Proposal, the Global Liver Institute (GLI) expressed its disappointment with the proposal, specifically with funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Global Liver Institute Sends Request to CMS for OPO Metric Fix
March 12th 2019The Global Liver Institute (GLI), along with other advocacy organizations, has sent a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma highlighting the United States' massive transplant waiting list, low organ recovery numbers, and need for change.
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