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Digital Prescription Therapeutics Makers Applaud Highmark Coverage Decision

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    Oct 28, 2022

    Highmark Health recently implemented a medical policy stating the insurer will cover digital prescription therapeutics (DPTs) under certain circumstances. The decision is “incredibly significant for our industry,” Akili Interactive Labs chief executive and co-founder Eddie Martucci, Ph.D., writes in an email to AIS, a division of MMIT. 

    Highmark’s policy pertains to Akili’s EndeavorRx treatment for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as well as the eight other FDA-approved DPTs, which are software-based therapies to treat medical and behavioral conditions. DPTs treat conditions such as substance use disorder, opioid use disorder, irritable bowel syndrome and chronic lower back pain. 

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