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Re:When good ideas make bad business by gringoDan on Friday January 03, 2020 @12:51PM (#21948371)
Sounds like there's an opportunity to have insurance companies pay for the product. This would directly align incentives and lead to overall cheaper care for the patients.
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Re:When good ideas make bad business by lightsighter on Friday January 03, 2020 @05:00PM (#21950840)
I had the same thought. The meta-customers here are the insurance companies. If you can prove that the tool improves the performance of doctors so that they get sued less when they use it then the insurance company will give discounts for doctors on their insurance for using it. Presto! We just created a market for doctors to pay for the service.
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Re:When good ideas make bad business by AlexCoventry on Saturday January 04, 2020 @04:22AM (#21953862)
Actuaries employed by insurance companies are probably already better at this kind of analysis than he is, though.
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