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Banner Health reduces generalized anxiety with digital therapeutics

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THE PROBLEM Behavioral health is an interesting story for several reasons, said Jeff Johnson, vice president of innovation and digital business at Banner Health. " This is where a digital therapeutic can step in to offer a novel solution, he added.

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France to enable rapid market access for digital therapeutics

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French president Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to follow in Germany’s footsteps by making digital therapeutics available on prescription through the statutory health system. As well as providing reimbursement, the DiGA scheme can increase patient and provider awareness and trust in digital therapeutics.

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CMS code seen as major step toward reimbursement for digital therapeutics

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Pear Therapeutics CEO Corey McCann said the agency's new HCPCS code for prescription digital behavioral therapy is an important milestone for getting digital therapeutics as a product category covered by more insurance plans.

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Digital Therapeutics Alliance applauds bill to guide public Rx coverage

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The Medicaid and CHIP Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act seeks to expand care options that can help improve health outcomes and quality of life for those facing barriers to healthcare. The Digital Therapeutics Alliance this week encouraged legislators to support its efforts to broaden access to DTx.

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Considerations in payer coverage of digital therapeutics

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The Digital Therapeutics Alliance defines a digital therapeutic (DTx) as “evidence-based therapeutic interventions that are driven by high-quality software programs to prevent, manage, or treat a medical disorder or disease.”

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Big Health to acquire Limbix, maker of digital therapeutics for teenage mental health

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Big Health, a maker of digital therapeutics, announced it was acquiring Limbix, creator of digital therapeutics for adolescents. | The acquisition marks Big Health’s first entry into the adolescent space.

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Pear sets out payer strategy as it seeks to quadruple prescriptions of digital therapeutics

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Pear shared real-world data that linked its digital therapeutic for substance use disorders to an estimated $3,591 reduction in per-patient costs.

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