Independence Blue Cross’s innovation leader speaks at industry health conference

Philadelphia, PA – Independence Blue Cross (Independence) Vice President of Corporate Development and Innovation Terry Booker spoke today at the opening session for the America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) 2014 Operations and Technology Forum. The conference is one of the health insurance industry’s leading conferences, attracting a wide variety of experts from top companies across the county....
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Independence Blue Cross brings interactive health plan education to consumers

Local and web-based events planned

Philadelphia, PA – At Independence Blue Cross, we know that education and engagement around the Affordable Care Act is essential. That’s why we are meeting consumers where they live, work, and play to ensure that everyone knows how they can obtain the safety and security of health insurance. What: The Independence Express,...
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Independence Blue Cross wins Innovation Award for IBX Wire

Philadelphia, PA – Independence Blue Cross (Independence), the region’s leading health insurance organization, announces that the company’s mobile platform, IBX WireTM, won the New Media category of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Innovation Awards. IBX Wire provides members with a private, personalized, HIPAA-compliant way for members and Independence to communicate. The Innovation Awards recognize annual leaders in the health care and life sciences industries in nine categories,...
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Independence Blue Cross’s Somesh Nigam Chief Informatics Officer speaks at two health conferences

Philadelphia, PA – Independence Blue Cross (Independence) senior vice president and chief informatics officer Somesh Nigam recently spoke at two health industry conferences about the potential of “big data” and predictive analytics to improve health care. Nigam drives innovation and leads the Independence informatics division, developing business reporting tools and analytics to better serve customers and stakeholders....
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Independence Blue Cross Wins a 2014 Digital Accelerator Award

Apigee award recognizes companies transforming their business through data

Philadelphia, PA – Independence Blue Cross (Independence) today announced that it has won a 2014 Digital Accelerator Award in the Best Data Analytics for Digital Businesscategory. The Digital Accelerator Awards, sponsored by Apigee, is a global awards program recognizing innovative organizations and individuals accelerating and transforming digital business with application programming interfaces (API) and data....
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Independence Blue Cross partners with Philadelphia University on innovation certificate program

Philadelphia, PA – When it launched its Center for Health Care Innovation in February, Independence Blue Cross (Independence) said the Center would serve as a place where the company’s associates and external partners could innovate, collaborate, learn, and implement path-finding new concepts in health care. As part of that broad initiative, Independence has now partnered with Philadelphia University on a pilot program called “A Primer on Innovation,” a four-week customized leadership program designed to introduce Independence leaders to the principles and practices of innovation using Philadelphia University’s signature methods of active,...
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Independence Blue Cross and Relay take a radical approach to mobile and see results

In less than one year, 200,000 members connect with insurer through new mobile channel

Radnor, PA – Independence Blue Cross (Independence), the region’s leading health insurer, announced today that in one year nearly 200,000 of its members have chosen to participate in the company’s mobile communication program, IBX Wire®. Powered by Relay (www.relaynetwork.com), a technology company that connects brands and people through direct mobile communication,...
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Independence Blue Cross and Penn Medicine share ideas about health care innovation

Two leaders talk about partnership and technology at industry webinar

Philadelphia, PA – Independence Blue Cross (Independence) Vice President of Corporate Development and Innovation Terry Booker and Penn Medicine Chief Innovation Officer Roy Rosin today presented ideas about ways to improve health care in the Philadelphia region through innovation and partnership at a webinar sponsored by the Corporate Research Group and attended by health plan and health system leaders across the nation....
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Independence Blue Cross and Penn Medicine share ideas about health care innovation

Two leaders talk about partnership and technology at industry webinar

Philadelphia, PA – Independence Blue Cross (Independence) Vice President of Corporate Development and Innovation Terry Booker and Penn Medicine Chief Innovation Officer Roy Rosin today presented ideas about ways to improve health care in the Philadelphia region through innovation and partnership at a webinar sponsored by the Corporate Research Group and attended by health plan and health system leaders across the nation....
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IBC President and CEO Daniel Hilferty talks innovation at Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital

Philadelphia, PA – Daniel J. Hilferty, president and CEO of Independence Blue Cross (Independence), spoke today at the Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies Phorum, a leading technology strategy conference hosted at the World Café Live located at 3025 Walnut Street in Philadelphia. In his talk, “Customer engagement in a digital world,” Hilferty explains why the traditional model of the health insurer is outdated and no longer works in the modern era....
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