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Premera Blue Cross is a not-for-profit Blue Cross Blue Shield licensed health insurance company based in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, United States.It sells health insurance plans under the Blue Cross license in Washington state except Clark County and under both of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licenses in Alaska.
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.
Blue Shield was developed by employers in lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest to provide medical care by paying monthly fees to medical service bureaus composed of groups of physicians. [9] [10] In 1939, the first official Blue Shield plan was founded in California. In 1948, the symbol was informally adopted by nine plans called ...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. Protect PPO •vision •dental •hearing fitness benefits, •worldwide emergency •telehealth •transportation. $0. $0. $545 (not included in main plan ...
Regence and Healthways Partner to Offer SilverSneakers ® Fitness Program to Regence Medicare Advantage PPO Plans Through 2015 Leading Exercise Program for Older Adults Available to Over 100,000 ...
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.
A reescalating battle between pharmaceutical companies and pharmacy benefit managers is brewing in Washington, D.C., as President Donald Trump's new administration takes shape. The drug industry's ...
The Seattle Times noted in 2012 that non-profit insurance companies, including Premera Blue Cross, Regence BlueShield, and Group Health, were stockpiling billions of dollars in reserves while increasing their rates at the same time. [10] On December 4, 2015, it was announced that Group Health would be acquired by Kaiser Permanente. [2]