New Value-Based Agreement Between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Medtronic Leverages Diabetes Technology to Drive Positive Outcomes

April 8, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS and DUBLIN - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, services and solutions, announce a new outcomes-based agreement that provides members of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota plan who live with diabetes improved access to the Guardian(TM) Connect smart Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) system. The system will also now be made available through a member's pharmacy benefit, improving speed of delivery and may lower costs for members who use the device. Using the amount of time spent in a healthy glucose range as a key metric, value-based payments will be tied to the percentage of Time in Range achieved using the Guardian Connect system.

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New Prediction Feature for Hypoglycemia Now Available in Sugar.IQ(TM) Personal Diabetes Assistant App, Developed by Medtronic and IBM Watson Health

January 3, 2019

IQcast Feature Aims to Predict the Likelihood of a Low Glucose Event Up to Four Hours in Advance

DUBLIN and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - January 3, 2019 - Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, services and solutions, and its strategic technology partner, IBM (NYSE:IBM) Watson Health, today announced a new feature for the Sugar.IQ(TM) personal diabetes assistant app called IQcast(TM). Using artificial intelligence (AI) technology from IBM Watson Health, the feature aims to predict the likelihood of an individual experiencing a low glucose event within an upcoming 1-4 hour window.

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Medtronic to Acquire Nutrino Health

November 21, 2018

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) --Acquisition to Augment Diabetes Capabilities with Nutritional Database and Data Science

DUBLIN and TEL AVIV, Israel - November 21, 2018 - Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), a global leader in medical technology, and Nutrino Health Ltd., a leading provider of nutrition-related data services, analytics, and technologies, today announced the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Medtronic will acquire Nutrino. Given that food and nutrition are central components in effective diabetes management, the companies recognized an opportunity to improve clinical outcomes for people with diabetes by integrating Nutrino's extensive food analysis infrastructure, nutrition science expertise and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven personalized insights with Medtronic's technology and future innovations.

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Medtronic Launches Patient Engagement Program That Leverages Gamification to Help Motivate and Engage Patients Living with Diabetes

August 9, 2018

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) --DUBLIN - August 9, 2018 - Medtronic today announced the official U.S. launch of the Medtronic Inner CircleSM patient engagement program, which uses gamification - the application of game design elements - to motivate and encourage people living with diabetes to achieve better health outcomes.

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Medtronic Launches the MiniMed(TM) 670G System Performance Guarantee for Payers and Employers

June 28, 2018

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) --DUBLIN- June 28, 2018 - Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced the launch of the MiniMed(TM) 670G Performance Guarantee Program - an outcomes-based offering for payers and employers designed to mitigate costs for diabetes-related complications. With this Guarantee, Medtronic will provide flat-fee reimbursements up to $25,000 per pump over 4 years for qualifying diabetes-related inpatient hospitalization and emergency room admissions for eligible in-network patients in the United States.

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