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Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Index Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) is a federation of 36 separate United States health insurance organizations and companies, providing health insurance in the United States to more than 106 million people. [1]

44 relations: American Hospital Association, Anthem (company), Baylor University, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Cross Canada, Blue Shield of California, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Cambia Health Solutions, Chicago, Chicago Loop, Chief executive officer, Consumers Union, Dallas, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, GuideStar, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Health Care Service Corporation, Health insurance, Health maintenance organization, Highmark, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Independence Blue Cross, Justin Ford Kimball, Licensee, Medicare (United States), Michigan Plaza, Noridian Mutual Insurance Company, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Preferred provider organization, Premera Blue Cross, President (corporate title), Tax Reform Act of 1986, The New York Times, Triple-S Management Corporation, U.S. state, United States, United States Office of Personnel Management, Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, 501(c) organization.

American Hospital Association

The American Hospital Association (AHA) is a professional association that seeks to promote quality health care provision by hospitals and health care networks through public policy and providing information about health care and health administration to health care providers and the public.

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Anthem (company)

Anthem, Inc. is an American health insurance company founded in the 1940s, prior to 2014 known as WellPoint, Inc.

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Baylor University

Baylor University (BU) is a private Christian university in Waco, Texas.

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (BCBSAL) is a nonprofit health insurance company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and a not-for-profit health insurance provider with more than one million members.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) is a state licensed private health insurance company under the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association with headquarters in Boston.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is an independent licensee of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

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Blue Cross Canada

The Canadian Association of Blue Cross Plans (CABCP) is an association of 7 regional not-for-profit health and travel insurance providers in Canada.

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Blue Shield of California

Blue Shield of California is a health plan provider founded in 1939 and based in San Francisco, California.

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BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina (BCBSSC) is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is the largest health benefit plan company in Tennessee.

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Cambia Health Solutions

Cambia Health Solutions is a nonprofit health care company based in Portland, Oregon.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago Loop

The Loop is the central business district or downtown area of Chicago, Illinois.

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Chief executive officer

Chief executive officer (CEO) is the position of the most senior corporate officer, executive, administrator, or other leader in charge of managing an organization especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution.

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Consumers Union

Consumers Union (CU) is a United States-based non-profit organization focusing on product testing, investigative journalism, and consumer advocacy.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is a non-profit health insurance company headquartered in Rochester, New York.

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Federal Employees Health Benefits Program

The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program is a system of "managed competition" through which employee health benefits are provided to civilian government employees and annuitants of the United States government.

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GuideStar

GuideStar USA, Inc. is an information service specializing in reporting on U.S. nonprofit companies.

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Hawaii Medical Service Association

Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) is a nonprofit health insurer in the state of Hawaii.

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Health Care Service Corporation

Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) is a not-for-profit corporation health insurance company in the United States.

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Health insurance

Health insurance is insurance that covers the whole or a part of the risk of a person incurring medical expenses, spreading the risk over a large number of persons.

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Health maintenance organization

In the United States, a health maintenance organization (HMO) is a medical insurance group that provides health services for a fixed annual fee.

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Highmark

Highmark is a non-profit healthcare company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, headquartered in Newark, New Jersey is the only licensed Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association plan in New Jersey, providing health insurance coverage to over 3.2 million people throughout all of New Jersey.

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Independence Blue Cross

Independence Blue Cross (Independence) is a health insurer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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Justin Ford Kimball

Justin Ford Kimball (August 25, 1872 - October 7, 1956) was an American businessman, educator, and inventor of the Blue Cross Group Hospital Insurance (now Blue Cross Blue Shield.).

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Licensee

A licensee can mean the holder of a license, or in U.S. tort law, a licensee is a person who is on the property of another, despite the fact that the property is not open to the general public, because the owner of the property has allowed the licensee to enter.

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Medicare (United States)

In the United States, Medicare is a national health insurance program, now administered by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services of the U.S. federal government but begun in 1966 under the Social Security Administration.

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Michigan Plaza

Michigan Plaza is an office complex in Chicago Loop area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Noridian Mutual Insurance Company

Noridian Mutual Insurance Company is an insurer headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota, United States.

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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often shortened to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or nicknamed Obamacare, is a United States federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.

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Preferred provider organization

In health insurance in the United States, a preferred provider organization (or PPO, sometimes referred to as a participating provider organization or preferred provider option) is a managed care organization of medical doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers who have agreed with an insurer or a third-party administrator to provide health care at reduced rates to the insurer's or administrator's clients.

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Premera Blue Cross

Premera Blue Cross is a not-for-profit Blue Cross Blue Shield licensed health insurance company based in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, United States.

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President (corporate title)

The President is a leader of an organization, company, community, club, trade union, university or other group.

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Tax Reform Act of 1986

The U.S. Congress passed the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA) to simplify the income tax code, broaden the tax base and eliminate many tax shelters.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Triple-S Management Corporation

The Triple-S Management Corporation (TSM) —commonly known as Triple-S, or SSS— is an insurance holding company based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which offers a wide range of insurance products and services in Puerto Rico through its wholly owned subsidiaries.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Office of Personnel Management

The United States Office of Personnel Management (acronym: OPM) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that manages the government's civilian workforce.

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Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is a mutual insurance in the United States with more than two million members in Iowa and South Dakota.

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501(c) organization

A 501(c) organization is a nonprofit organization in the federal law of the United States according to and is one of 29 types of nonprofit organizations exempt from some federal income taxes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association

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