knowledge -WSS

knowledge

author：entertainment 2025-10-01 05:40:00 - browse：9

Smartphone & medicine illustration — Alex Hogan/STAT

Pear Therapeutics may be gone, but one of its most important deals is still driving critical conversations about how medical apps can find a foothold in the slow-moving health care system.

In recent months, representatives of the Massachusetts state Medicaid program, MassHealth, have been presenting data suggesting reSET and reSET-O, Pear’s prescription apps that treat substance use disorder and opioid use disorder, saved the state money over a one-year period from 2021 to 2022. The data, which take into account health care utilization before and after people used the apps, have been presented to policymakers considering how to cover novel digital health products and shown to lawmakers considering federal legislation that would require Medicare coverage for prescription apps.

Pear, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, was one of the leading companies marketing prescription digital therapeutics, or Food and Drug Administration-cleared apps designed to treat disease. Pear’s reSET was the first such app cleared by the FDA in 2017.

Get unlimited access to award-winning journalism and exclusive events.

Subscribe Log In

Previous article： Moonlake's readout produced a cash windfall. Risks remain
Next article： The future of Biogen: Pragmatism, ‘moonshots,’ and no Twinkies

WSS

STAT Summit: Meghan O’Rourke on making chronic illness visible

Study on Amgen’s bispecific immunotherapy produces positive data

Software glitch causes Tandem insulin pump to shutdown, FDA warns

Roche drug slashes death risk in early

How to improve immunocompromised access to mAb treatments

Dairy farmers resist CDC push for PPE against bird flu virus

leisure time

knowledge

focus

At least 13 dead in Texas as scorching temps continue

H5N1 communication has been strictly for the birds

Medical records are filled with copy

CDC wastewater surveillance dashboard to track bird flu hotspots

Peter Hotez and the public health issue of online harassment

H5N1 communication has been strictly for the birds

Supreme Court strikes down use of affirmative action

Medicare says breakthrough device reimbursement rule to come by summer

Dobbs anniversary: the lost opportunity of abortion as health care

Elevance, private equity launch primary care company

entertainment

Cassava Sciences’ Alzheimer’s clinical trials should be halted

Readout LOUD podcast: brain research, obesity drug sales, Novartis

STAT Summit: Meghan O’Rourke on making chronic illness visible

Alcohol isn't healthy after all. Will new dietary guidelines reflect that?

Readout LOUD podcast: Live from the 2023 STAT Summit

Study on Amgen’s bispecific immunotherapy produces positive data

focus

knowledge

hotspot

entertainment