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The company has $6 million in seed funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Define Ventures and Qiming Venture Partners USA.   

Also: Kenshō Health, which helps patients find holistic healthcare providers, raised another $3.5 million.

Researchers found patients who used reSET-O along with buprenorphine and counseling lowered their healthcare costs by $2,385 per person in the six months after they started using the app, compared with the six months before.

This week's top stories include UnitedHealthcare re-examining a policy that allows it to deny ER claims, Apple unveiling walking stability assessments for the iPhone, and Mount Sinai catering to patients with limited English proficiency.

Former CEO Ed Cox tells the story of Dthera Sciences and outlines how the digital therapeutics landscape has shifted since his company's heyday.

Hillrom says that lower-than-expected reimbursement rates proposed in late January void the deal. But the cardiac-monitoring device maker asserts they were accounted for during negotiations.

Flare Capital Partners' Gwendolyn Lee & Dr. Dan Gebremedhin highlight digital health startups taking advantage of Medicare and key opportunities within Parts A-D for others to make their mark.

Under the agreement, DocDoc will integrate SpesNet’s digital TPA technology with DocDoc’s telemedicine platform and AI-powered doctor discovery platform.

An intro to Medicare, and how digital health companies can impact the nation’s biggest payer.