July 7, 2026 09:00 AM EDT
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How digital health companies are planning to conquer a brand new Medicare experiment
Shelby Livingston
Health tech correspondent
A new Medicare experiment to manage seniors’ chronic diseases will pay some digital health companies only about as much a year as they earn for a single visit from commercial insurers.
July 7, 2026 09:00 AM EDT
StartupsAIHealth Tech
How digital health companies are planning to conquer a brand new Medicare experiment
Shelby Livingston
Health tech correspondent

In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Why big digital health players skipped Medicare's ACCESS pilot, Isomorphic's big raise, and…

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