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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a nonprofit mutual insurance company, provides and administers health benefits to more than 4.3 million members residing in Michigan in addition to members of Michigan-headquartered groups who reside outside the state. In 1998, BCBSM merged several HMOs it owned into the Blue Care Network HMO. [2]
In 1982, Blue Shield merged with The Blue Cross Association to form the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBS). [11] Prior to 1986, organizations administering BCBS were tax exempt under 501(c)(4) as social welfare plans. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 revoked the exemption, however, because the plans sold commercial-type insurance.
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with a leader like MultiPlan whose networks touch so many lives and provide provider network solutions to so many employers and payers.” In the United States, psoriasis affects more than three percent [i] of the population, leading to healthcare costs of more than $110 billion annually [ii].
Multiplan floppy disk for Macintosh. Multiplan is a spreadsheet program developed by Microsoft and introduced in 1982 as a competitor to VisiCalc.. Multiplan was released first for computers running CP/M; it was developed using a Microsoft proprietary p-code C compiler [1] as part of a portability strategy that facilitated ports to systems such as MS-DOS, Xenix, Commodore 64 and 128, TI-99/4A ...
Consolidation among IDNs in the United States has critics who say these networks may actually be trending the cost curve upward. An interview of health insurers regarding Partner's Healthcare proposed acquisition of the Care New England Health System, for example, exposed the trepidation insurers have regarding IDN leverage over payers.
Blue Cross of California was the predecessor of WellPoint Health Network Inc. In 1982, Blue Cross of California was founded with the consolidation of Blue Cross of ...
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) are both federally-funded health and nutrition programs.
Highmark was created in 1977 and in the 1990s by the consolidation of two Pennsylvania licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association — Pennsylvania Blue Shield (now Highmark Blue Shield) based in suburban Harrisburg, and Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania based in downtown Pittsburgh (now Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield).