Hospitals, insurer launch pitch competition for health startups


LifeBridge Health and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield are partnering to host a Shark Tank-style challenge for health startups, offering a grand prize of up to $50,000.

The four-hospital Maryland health care system and the state's largest health insurer are looking to fund young, digital-oriented startups working on technologies to address challenges facing the health care industry.

Startups can apply to compete in the pitch challenge, and the chance to win a minimum of $20,000 in new funding. Winners…

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