{"id":12438,"date":"2019-01-17T09:05:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T14:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12438"},"modified":"2019-01-17T09:05:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T14:05:46","slug":"apple-in-talks-to-subsidize-its-watch-for-some-medicare-seniors-6-things-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12438","title":{"rendered":"Apple in talks to subsidize its watch for some Medicare seniors: 6 things to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Julie Spitzer for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review)<\/p>\n<p>Apple reportedly has been in talks with at least three private Medicare plans about subsidizing the cost of its Apple Watch \u2014 which runs from $279 to $399 \u2014 for plan members over age 65,\u00a0<em>CNBC<\/em>reports.<\/p>\n<p>Six things to know:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/healthcare-information-technology\/apple-in-talks-to-subsidize-its-watch-for-some-medicare-seniors-6-things-to-know.html?origin=payere&amp;utm_source=payere\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dreamstime_m_120765857smart-watch-ekg-senior.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11522\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dreamstime_m_120765857smart-watch-ekg-senior-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dreamstime_m_120765857smart-watch-ekg-senior-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dreamstime_m_120765857smart-watch-ekg-senior-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dreamstime_m_120765857smart-watch-ekg-senior-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Julie Spitzer for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Apple reportedly has been in talks with at least three private Medicare plans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-technology","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12438","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=12438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12439,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12438\/revisions\/12439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}