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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City Announces 2018 Winners of Healthcare Innovation Prize | ||
By: PR Newswire Association LLC. - 08 May 2018 | Back to overview list |
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 8, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) in partnership with the Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri – Kansas City announced today the first and second place winners of the inaugural Blue KC Healthcare Innovation Prize, BodyGuard ID and Exodus Biosciences.
The winners were chosen for their healthcare-related ventures which inspire change in the healthcare space and address the needs of the people who matter most: patients. The first-place winners received a $15,000 prize and the second-place winners received a $10,000 prize. The Blue KC Healthcare Innovation Prize was launched as part of this year's Regnier Venture Creation Challenge, hosted by the Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Missouri – Kansas City Bloch School of Management. "We were overwhelmed with the real-world thinking and promise of each of the entries," said Jason Spacek, Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Blue KC. "The winning teams epitomize the patient-focused care and innovative thinking we at Blue KC are hoping to inspire." About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, the largest not-for-profit health insurer in Missouri and the only not-for-profit commercial health insurer in Kansas City, has been part of the Kansas City community since 1938. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City provides health coverage services to more than one million residents in the greater Kansas City area, including Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas and 30 counties in Northwest Missouri. Our mission: to use our role as the area's leading health insurer to provide affordable access to health care and to improve the health of our members. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. For more information on the company, visit its website at BlueKC.com. View original content with multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blue-cross-and-blue-shield-of-kansas-city-announces-2018-winners-of-healthcare-innovation-prize-300644971.html SOURCE Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City |
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