Bipartisan Bill Would Let Medicare, Medicaid Cover Digital Therapeutics

A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers on Thursday (March 10) introduced legislation to expand Medicare and Medicaid coverage to include prescription digital therapeutics -- software-based disease treatments that are increasingly emerging as digital therapeutics developers push to expand their markets. Even though the products are tested for safety and efficacy in randomized clinical trials, evaluated by FDA and prescribed by health care providers, they are not covered by Medicare and Medicaid, the lawmakers note. The legislation unveiled Thursday, Access to...