TO COVER OR NOT TO COVER? THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE APPLE WATCH AND THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACTMares, Cristina M.DePaul Journal of Health Care Law
Extending its partnership with Apple, IBM is now planning to provide its employees with free or discounted Apple Watch models as part of a "Commit to Health" initiative that will see the Apple Watch distributed to employees under their health insurance plans. Based on the health plan an IBM e...
This is really annoying because (among other reasons) my insurance plan uses my *Health* app calories to determine how active I am, and if I’m above a certain threshold, they’ll pay for my Watch payment. So it actually costs me money that Apple suddenly can’t figure out what my ac...
Vitality, a health insurance company based in South Africa, uses this behavioral financing strategy. Vitality members pay a small up-front fee to receive an Apple Watch on a 24-month financing plan. The monthly fee can be waived if the consumer earns a set number of activity points per mont...
Appleand insurance giant Aetna have teamed up on an iPhone and Apple Watch app that provides rewards, including an option to earn a free Apple Watch, to members who engage in healthy behaviors like getting regular exercise and more hours of sleep. The new app,dubbed Attain, also provides Aet...
first and foremost, they are done to get the reimbursement [from an insurance provider]. Not thinking about what helps the patient.So if you don’t care about reimbursement, which we have the privilege of doing, that may even make the smartphone market look small.”– Tim Cook, Apple CEO...
to pay for the watch. Today consumers pay directly for the Watch. However, if the Apple Watch becomes a device eligible forreimbursement, there’s a huge revenue upside for Apple*. *When and if that happens, your insurance would pay for all or part of an Apple Watch as a diagnostic ...
This is really annoying because (among other reasons) my insurance plan uses my *Health* app calories to determine how active I am, and if I’m above a certain threshold, they’ll pay for my Watch payment. So it actually costs me money that Apple suddenly can’t figure out what my ...
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