Here are four notes:
1. The collaboration will promote health technology research and innovation.
2. On-site mentoring, roundtable discussions and curated engagement with entrepreneurs and start-ups will all be a part of the collaboration’s initiatives.
3. Health Care Service provides services to more than 16 million members through its Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
4. The two companies hope to fuel new ways of thinking about healthcare technology and how to improve interactions with customers.
“Hundreds of entrepreneurs, academics, physicians and industry executives come together every day at MATTER to build solutions to healthcare challenged,” said Steven Collens, CEO of MATTER. “…Together, we have a unique opportunity to improve health insurance products available to millions of people around the country.”
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