Better Therapeutics FAQs

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Better is currently available exclusively from leading health plans. Check with yours and if Better is offered, the cost may be fully covered.

About 80\% of an employer’s healthcare spend goes towards treatments for the costliest 15\% of employees. More than half of the time, this is due to employees with one or more chronic conditions that can be addressed by the Better Therapeutics program. We work with these employees to significantly improve metabolic markers - even return them to normal ranges - reducing or eliminating the need for costly medications.

We tie our financial incentives to yours by capturing a reasonable portion of the cost-savings generated through reduced primary risk factors and use of medications. You pay only for value generated; not per-member-per-month fees.

Motivated employees that are generating the most cost due to one or more cardiometabolic conditions caused by poor diet and lifestyle.

While we’ve seen extraordinary engagement levels in multiple clinical trials averaging more than 5x per day, some individuals with diabetes or heart disease are simply not ready to change the behaviors that are at the root cause of their condition. We use proprietary machine learning algorithms and predictive analytics to identify those employees early that are not ready to engage in the intervention in a manner consistent with achieving good outcomes, and pause their enrollment. Our value-based pricing model removes any incentive to keep employees enrolled that are not engaging.

We have established disciplined policies and procedures that outline our compliance process for all HIPAA, HITech, and other data privacy and security regulations that apply to our provision of services. Note that, per the US Department of Health and Human Services, there is no official HIPAA certification.

It may be. Check with your employer or health plan to see if Better is covered, or contact us directly at [email protected].

Qualified individuals will receive an access code to create an accountand get a personalized treatment plan. Contact us at [email protected] to ask about availability.

That largely depends upon the individual and their readiness to change. We provide an evidence-based treatment, the support of specially-trained clinicians and digital tools that make difficult changes easier, over time. Engaged individuals that have completed the intervention have achieved clinically meaningful reductions in A1c, blood pressure, LDL and body weight, often reducing the need for on-going medications.

Using our mobile medical app, you will get a personalized treatment plan, behavioral support tools, and support along the way from our physician-led care team.

Better delivers a highly supportive and engaging experience to stop and reverse type 2 diabetes and heart disease by changing the way you think, eat and live.

Eat whole foods. Mostly plants.

The single most important thing you can do to improve your health and kick the meds is to change the way you eat. It starts by replacing highly processed foods andanimal-based foods (like meat & cheese)with wholesome, whole foods. Then, you increase the proportion of whole foods you eat that come from plants.

Move your body.

Being physically active strengthens the heart and body, lowers inflammation, and improves the way you feel. This includes activities like brisk walking, biking, and even dancing. Being physically active will become second nature, and no longer a chore.

Gain new skills and a new mindset.

You will develop new skills designed with learning principles developed to teach adults new languages. These skills will be prioritized based on their predicted impact on your condition.

Monitor your progress daily.

During the program, you will be prompted to enter important measures like blood sugar if you have diabetes, or blood pressure if you have hypertension. You will report the achievement of daily and weekly goals for plant-based meals consumed and activity completed, and will enter any changes in medications or medication dosage.

Better develops digital therapies for treating serious cardiovascular and metabolic diseases by helping people change the behaviors that are the root causes of disease.

Better's digital therapeutics combine elements of neuroscience, lifestyle medicine, and artificial intelligence to create a new modality for treating the behaviors at the root cause of cardiometabolic diseases. Better's approach is consistent with the latest clinical guidelines for treating diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. Effectiveness has been demonstrated through multiple peer-reviewed and published clinical studies.

No. Better is a more intensive behavioral intervention designed for individuals diagnosed with diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases. It is not a program for preventing disease in individuals with elevated risk factors by focusing on moderate weight loss.

The company was founded by May 2015 by Kevin Appelbaum, David Perry, and Georgi Perry.

Better has raised $25 million in Seed and Series A financings. The lead investor was Better co-founder, David Perry. The company intends to raise its first institutional financing (Series B) in 2019.

Better currently generates revenues as a reimbursed claim from private health insurers that offer the program, combining software and health coaching, to its members with one or more cardiometabolic conditions.

In the future, when the company's prescription digital therapeutics are cleared by the FDA, the company expects to generate the majority of its revenues as a covered pharmacy benefit.

The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, and also has business operations in Boston, MA, and Nashville, TN.

Its headquarters address is 445 Bush Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94018.

While the epidemic of cardiometabolic disease is sadly global, making it a pandemic, Better is currently available only the US.

Because 30+ years of accumulated scientific evidence has demonstrated the effectiveness of adopting a diet rich in whole foods - including fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, legumes, and whole grains, along with other changes in lifestyle can treat and even reverse a wide range of cardiometabolic conditions.

Not necessarily. A non prescription version of the Better behavior change program is offered by certain health plans. Check with your plan to see if Better is available or contact us and we'll check for you. We are also developing new digital therapeutics that will only be available with a prescription from your primary care provider.

No. Many things can cause short-term reduction in hemoglobin A1c, the primary biomarker for diabetes, that are not good for you in the long term. The ketogenic diet is likely one of them. Better focuses on helping people increase nutritional quality through the consumption of a wide-variety of whole foods that come mostly from plants. It does not rely on calorie-counting or manipulating macronutrients, like carbs and fat. Its approach is consistent with every clinical guideline for treatment of diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.

Better provides health plans and providers an intensive behavior change program that is digitally delivered, affordable, and scaleable. It is for individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol), or any combination.

Digital therapeutics use software to prevent, manage, or treat a medical disorder or disease. They are used independently or in concert with medications, devices, or other therapies.

Let us know. We will prioritize our outreach to health plans in part based on the inquiries we get from interested individuals.