Manulife life insurance to reward members for healthy living
Members will receive personalized health goals, and be able to log their activities using online and automated tools, supported by modern wearable devices.
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Oscar Health raises $150M, now worth more than $3B
The tech-enabled health insurance startup has grown from 17,000 members at the beginning of 2015 to more than 125,000 members today.
Vericred secures $3.1M for its second seed round
The company takes healthcare provider data from numerous disparate sources make it accurate, complete and accessible.
Picwell raises another $3M to help users pick the right health insurance
The company offers its services through partnerships with retail pharmacies, payers, self-insured employers, exchanges and brokers.
Collective Health gets $81M Series C for its health insurance tech
The company will use the funds to expand beyond California and offer its employer health insurance solution to companies across the U.S. in 2016.
Clover Health raises $100M for its tech-driven insurance business
The company will use the new funds to scale in its initial market, expand to new markets and develop its clinical data platform.
Oscar Health raises $32.5M from Google Capital
As a result of this latest round of financing, the insurance startup now has an impressive valuation of $1.75 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Some users would share data in exchange for insurance discounts
This sharing willingness varies by device used, ranging from 42% of digital pedometer owners to only 26% of those with a sleep-quality monitor.
UnitedHealthcare’s Health4Me app now available to Medicaid beneficiaries in 17 states
Using the app, plan participants are able to access important health information on their iPhones and Android devices while on the go.
Cigna Envoy app now allows users to submit their claims from their smartphones
Customers are able to take a picture of their claim and submit it to begin processing it; the process is faster and is on average completed within four minutes.