What's in a name?
Healthcare Coverage
The Early
Years
The Later
Years
The "Acts"
100

This health insurance program enrolls Tennesseans with BlueCare, BlueCare and BlueCare CHOICES / ECF CHOICES.

What is BlueCare Plus Choice?

100
This coverage is a healthcare benefit arrangement designed to supply services at a discounted cost by providing incentives for members to use designated providers.
What is a preferred provider organization.
100
In this year, America's first "Blue Cross Baby" was born in Durham, NC
What is 1933?
100
In this year, Blue Shield of California became to first health plan to cover a heart transplant at Stanford University Hospital.
What is 1984?
100
This act provided federal grant and loan money to help HMOs get off the ground and contained broad language about benefits that had to be provided.
What is the health maintenance organization act.
200

This is a Tennessee Medicaid MCO Plan.

What is BlueCare?

200
This health care system assumes or shares both the financial and delivery risks associated with providing comprehensive medical services.
What is a health maintenance organization (HMO)?
200
In Dallas, this university is where the prototype prepaid hospital plan was created.
What is Baylor University?
200
In this year, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans are merged forming the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
What is 1982?
200
This act requires management to bargain with labor over "wages and conditions" and becomes a catlyst for employer-based health benefits.
What is the national labor relations act?
300

This insurance plan provides Medicare Part C for members qualifying for Medicaid.

What is BlueCare Plus?

300
This coverage allows its members to save money into an account that is tax deductible.
What is a health savings account?
300
In 1929, this person created the prototype prepaid hospital plan upon which Blue Cross Plans were later based on.
Who is Justin Ford Kimball?
300
This program was launched in 1994 and enables its members who are traveling or living in another Plan's service area to receive the same healthcare services benefits of their home Plan.
What is the BlueCard program?
300
This act provides federal employees, retirees and their families with health benefits and serves more than 4.8 million members today.
What is the federal employees health benefits act?
400

These waiver programs provide LTSS not covered by traditional Medicaid covered services.

What is CHOICES / ECF CHOICES

400
This healthcare option allows members to choose medical services that are needed and where they will go to a provider.
What is point-of-service coverage?
400
This massive program was launched in 1965 and would have been prohibitive without the established Blue Cross and Blue Shield infrastructure.
What is Medicare and Medicaid?
400
In 2009, Blue Cross and Blue Shield system-wide enrollment reaches this number of Americans.
What is more than 100 million?
400
In 1938, this act was enacted and added Medicare +Choice program allowing beneficiaries to choose additional types of health plans.
What is the balanced budget act?
500

This Tennessee Medicaid MCO really likes to name plans similar things.

What is BlueCare Tennessee?

500
This coverage is sometimes used by employers to reimburse a portion of their families' out-of-pocket medical expenses.
What is a health reimbursement arrangements (HRA)?
500
During this time period, with price and wage controls being enforced, employers used health insurance benefits to entice employees to their companies.
What is World War II?
500
In 2007, Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies launched this national workplace wellness program.
What is National Walk@Lunch Day program?
500
This act revoked the exemption that Blue Cross Blue Shield was tax exempt as social welfare programs, because sold commercial-type insurance.
What is the tax reform act of 1986?
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