Picwell

Picwell raises $4M Series A to make it easier to select the right health...

The company is cash flow positive and will use the funds to expand operations and accelerate the development of related consumer decision support products.
Stride Health app

Stride Health gets $13M for its insurance buying platform

The company makes it easier for freelancers and independent contractors, who make up one third of the U.S. labor force, to find the right insurance for them.
Accenture chart - insurance and wearables

Insurers looking to embrace wearable technologies

63% of survey respondents believe that wearable technologies will be adopted broadly by the insurance industry within the next two years.
Oscar mobile app

Insurance provider Oscar raises $145 million

The new capital will allow Oscar to expand its operations, develop new products and extend plans to new members across the country.
Healthspek

Healthspek adds insurance finder service

The feature pinpoints a user's location and pulls up the profiles and contact information of recommended health and life insurance agents in that area.
Collective Health

Collective Health secures $38M for its employer health insurance service

The round was led by Founders Fund and NEA, with participation from Formation 8, Redpoint Ventures, RRE Ventures, Subtraction Capital, and Rock Health.
bcbsm.com site

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Care Network team-up with WebMD

Participating members will get to benefit from the new online wellness platform, offering a health assessment, digital health assistant and health information.
Health4Me

UnitedHealthcare adds medical bills payments to its mobile app

The Health4Me app also got few other features, including expense management capability, Fitbit integration and live streaming of UHC.TV Internet TV channel.
Eligible

Eligible secures $2.3M for its health insurance eligibility API

The REST API(s) that allow health tech companies to add a streamlined insurance eligibility check feature for doctors and patients.
Oscar looking to bring its innovative health insurance model to California

Oscar looking to bring its innovative health insurance model to California

The company is looking to disrupt the industry with its more personal and immediate health insurance model that is more in tune with the millennial generation.