Bloom Health is giving insurance agents and brokers in Minnesota full access to its private health exchange platform, in yet another sign that such exchanges are increasingly being used employers and will further alter the world of health insurance. Private health exchanges are expected to spike dramatically in the coming years, particularly as employers look […]
Health IT startup Bloom Health announced Friday that healthcare costs for employers who embraced its private health insurance exchange concept was 19 percent lower than the national average. A health insurance exchange is analogous to a 401(k) in that employers decide how much money they want to pay for their employees’ health benefits. Then employees […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
As the state of Minnesota ramps up its efforts to design a public health insurance exchange by 2013, the private version of that concept is gaining traction among Minnesota employers who are seeking ways to manage rising costs of healthcare. Minnesota-based insurance provider Medica announced Wednesday as of the beginning of the year, 22 Minnesota […]
Serial entrepreneur Abir Sen wants to revolutionize how employers buy health insurance for their workers as well as provide more control and choice to employees in how they choose health benefits. Sen is the founder and CEO of Minneapolis, Minnesota startup Bloom Health. The startup announced last week that it has signed up Blue Cross […]
Abir Sen of Minneapolis-based Bloom Health thinks his company has a service that will replace the employer-sponsored health plan in much the same way that the 401(k) plan has mostly replaced a pension.
RedBrick CEO Kyle Rofling said the idea for Bloom originated out of internal discussions. With health care reform looming over Americans, RedBrick executives decided a new company was needed to help employers, workers and consumers understand how to navigate those changes, he said.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Bloom Health Corp., a Minneapolis-based start-up that advises companies, employees and consumers on health care issues, is seeking a total of $5 million through the sale of equity and warrants and/or options, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.