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As Highmark Blue Shield, it is available in 21 counties in Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley. It also has a presence in the border areas of eastern Ohio, and all of West Virginia through its subsidiary, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia. Highmark acquired Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania, BCNEPA, in June 2015. [4] [5]
In 1964, the company changed its name to Blue Cross of Greater Philadelphia and in 1988, began doing business as Independence Blue Cross. [3] In October 2011, Independence launched a private, charitable foundation — the Independence Blue Cross Foundation, with a mission to transform health care through innovation in the communities it serves. [4]
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.
The company was founded in 1936 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with a network of offices in the United States. Health Care Service Corporation is the licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association for five states. It concentrates its operations in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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Keystone First is a medical assistance (Medicaid and Medicare) managed care health plan based in southeastern Pennsylvania. Keystone focuses on low-income residents in southeastern Pennsylvania counties including, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia. The healthcare provider currently serves over 400,000 residents in the area. [1]
The G. Fred DiBona Jr. Building, formerly known as the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower or IBX Tower, is a skyscraper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania housing the headquarters of Independence Blue Cross (the Blue Cross-Blue Shield-affiliated organization in the five-county Philadelphia area).
Lehigh Valley Health Network has 981 licensed-acute beds on its three campuses. [3] [4] Its flagship hospital, Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, located at 1200 South Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown, is the state's third-largest hospital, Pennsylvania's first Level One Trauma Center, and one of two Level One trauma centers in the Lehigh Valley, the state's third-most populous ...