{"id":11996,"date":"2018-11-15T07:41:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T12:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11996"},"modified":"2018-11-15T07:41:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T12:41:09","slug":"a-startup-for-diabetes-patients-rolls-out-a-new-model-insurers-only-pay-if-the-service-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11996","title":{"rendered":"A startup for diabetes patients rolls out a new model: Insurers only pay if the service works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rebecca Robbins for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap-wrap\"><span class=\"big-cap\">S<\/span><\/span>AN FRANCISCO \u2014\u00a0An ambitious startup that uses digital coaching and monitoring to try to help patients reverse type 2 diabetes, is making a big change to the way it makes money: Insurers and employers will now only pay\u00a0Virta if its service works. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/11\/14\/a-startup-for-diabetes-patients-will-only-get-paid-if-the-service-works\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=67531348&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9CugeSr-ms5D-BBsoaIAyCar52sC_9EsGiHxf9-azMgYX6RjfIHZKI2kOi3wMogJqjgipCSl3srleVeZjqa9Dp-NTdSA&amp;_hsmi=67531348\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rebecca Robbins for STAT) SAN FRANCISCO \u2014\u00a0An ambitious startup that uses digital coaching and monitoring to try to help<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-health-care-redesign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11997,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11996\/revisions\/11997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}