Better Diabetes Care: Healthcare Startups Say They’ll Get Paid When Patients Get Better

From the day he founded the diabetes-care startup Virta Health, Sami Inkinen didn’t want to make money the way most healthcare providers did, with standard fees for services. He came from the tech sector as a cofounder of the real estate listing website Trulia, and he wanted to get paid only on commission, for delivering results and making people healthier.