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Cambia Health Solutions is a nonprofit health care company based in Portland, Oregon. [2] It is the parent company of Regence, a member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association operating in Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Washington; Asuris Northwest Health; BridgeSpan Health; and LifeMap.
Premera was founded as Washington Hospital Service in 1933, [3] and began operating in Alaska in 1957. In 1969, the company's name was changed to Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska. [3] In June 1998, Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska merged with Spokane's Medical Service Corporation under the name Premera Blue Cross. [4]
Founded in 1948, [26] Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield (ABCBS) [27] is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and the largest healthcare provider in the state. [28] It donated $1.98 million to The Walton College of Business toward founding its Robert L. Shoptaw Master of Healthcare Business Analytics Program. [ 29 ]
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AQCs were established in January 2009 [13] and they serve as a model for global payments—in contrast to the fee-for-service model, which encourages excessive treatments—in the state. [14] AQCs were envisioned as a way to increase provider accountability.
Washington Healthplanfinder is one of the fourteen health insurance marketplaces in the United States and was created in accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare.
Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) is a nonprofit health insurer in the state of Hawaii. HMSA was founded in 1938, is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association , and is the largest insurer in the state of Hawaii serving more than 700,000 people.
In 1752, Benjamin Franklin founded the first American insurance company as Philadelphia Contributionship.In 1820, there were 17 stock life insurance companies in the state of New York, many of which would subsequently fail.