MobiHealth News November 24, 2020
Gwendolyn Lee & Dan Gebremedhin, MD

An Intro to Medicare – and how Digital Health companies can impact the nation’s biggest payer.

Despite its attractive large market size, Medicare has long frustrated early stage healthcare companies. The complex federal health insurance system, mired in statutory constraints, has arguably discouraged entry from would-be external innovators.

Regulations intended to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, also create barriers to adoption for innovative value-creating products and services. The goal of this two-part series is to demystify Medicare and highlight select value-creation opportunities for digital health startups in this integral sector of the US healthcare industry.

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