Along with hosting an innovation challenge that provided startups a chance to pitch, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and LifeBridge Healthannounced plans for a new hub for early-stage companies at Wednesday’s Payvider Innovation Summit, held at CareFirst’s headquarters in Canton Crossing.
The health insurance provider and healthcare system are planning to open an innovation center together, according to LifeBridge Health Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Daniel Durand and Ricardo Johnson, senior director of CareFirst’s Healthworx program. They’re seeking space in Baltimore, to be opened by the end of 2019.
Each partner has a team that works to support new innovation across its organization: LifeBridge has an innovation and research team, while CareFirst’s initiative is Healthworx. Representing both the payer and provider side of healthcare, they convened around mutual interest in exploring new technology and approaches that can help patients, reduce costs, improve care and more.
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