In eight states and the District of Columbia, insurers are asking for an average increase in premiums of 16 percent for silver-level plans on the health insurance marketplace in 2017, a bigger increase than proposal's for this year.

Mountain View, CA, May 24, 2016 — BrightWater Medical, Inc. announced today that it has successfully completed a Series A financing round for $5.2 million. The round was led by OSF Ventures, the corporate investment arm of regional health system OSF HealthCare, and included investments from angel groups and private investors. The funding has covered initial costs for product development, intellectual property, and regulatory filings for BrightWater’s innovative ConvertX™ Nephroureteral Stent System* and will accelerate its on-going, advanced development towards US and European approvals. 

Peoria, IL (May 24, 2016) –OSF Ventures, the corporate investment arm of OSF HealthCare, led a $5.2 million Series A financing round in BrightWater Medical, Inc., a California-based mid-stage medical device company founded by a Peoria doctor.

Royal Philips and Medical University of South Carolina Health (MUSC Health), the clinical enterprise of Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), have announced an 8-year, $36 million strategic partnership to transform and improve patient monitoring for more than one million patients a year, reports Business Wire.

Working for an incentive makes anything more fun, even healthcare. Sempre Health, a company launched from Alchemist Accelerator, is looking to lower the cost for prescription medication by rewarding healthy lifestyles, reports TechCrunch.

In a report from the Health Care Cost Institute, spending increased related pediatric care in 2014 even though the use of services declined.

A new report from Health Affairs estimated mental health accounted for $201 billion in 2013.

Healthcare systems are being attacked by hackers, and data remains fragmented among insurers, providers, health record companies, government agencies and researchers.