mHealth Developer Works Around Traditional Reimbursement Barriers
Executive Summary
Glooko says it has found more success by pitching its diabetes management app to self-insured employers and to payers as a tool they can implement to reduce spending, rather than by pursuing reimbursement the traditional way. It's one model for the digital-health sector in the current health-care environment.
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