
Opinion|Videos|January 22, 2025
Barriers Associated With Controlling LDL-C
Key Takeaways
- Pediatric lipid screening is vital for early dyslipidemia detection, reducing future cardiovascular disease risk.
- Guidelines suggest universal screening at ages 9-11 and 17-21, with selective screening for at-risk children.
Panelists discuss how multiple systemic barriers impede optimal LDL-C control, including clinical inertia, patient adherence challenges, insurance restrictions, and the removal of key quality measures.
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Video content above is prompted by the following:
- What are some of the barriers associated with controlling LDL-C across clinicians, patients, payers, and policy makers (eg, failure of clinicians to intensify LLT, low patient understanding and adherence to therapy, high copays, restrictive prior authorization requirements, removal of LDL-C quality measure by NCQA-HEDIS)?
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