Organization Overview: Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

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The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) is a federation of 39 separate health insurance organizations and companies in the United States. Combined, they directly or indirectly provide health insurance to over 100 million Americans. The history of Blue Cross dates back to 1929, while the history of Blue Shield dates to 1939. The Blue Cross Association dates back to 1960, while its Blue Shield counterpart was actually created in 1948. The two organizations merged in 1982, forming the current association. The company has its headquarters in the Michigan Plaza complex in the Chicago Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. Blue Cross and Blue Shield developed separately, with Blue Cross plans providing coverage for hospital services, while Blue Shield covered physicians' services. Blue Cross...

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Premera Blue Cross
Board MembersTitleFromTo
Warren Y. Jobe 1999-04 2001-03

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ID: 2361: Stolen laptop contains Social Security numbers of hundreds of thousands of physicians

  • Date: 2009-10-03
  • Records Lost: 850,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: Lyger
  • Location: Chicago IL, US
  • Organizations: WellPoint, Highmark, Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

ID: 2641: Snail mail error exposes the PHI of thousands

  • Date: 2009-10-07
  • Records Lost: 15,000
  • Source: Unknown
  • Submitted by: d2d
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Merkle Direct Marketing

ID: 2664: Unspecified snail mail issue exposes PHI of 3,400

  • Date: 2009-10-26
  • Records Lost: 3,400
  • Source: Unknown
  • Submitted by: d2d
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Service Benefits Plan Administrative Services Corp.

ID: 3072: Three CDs lost during shipping names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth exposed

  • Date: 2008-07-25
  • Records Lost: 289
  • Source: Unknown
  • Submitted by: pi3rce
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: UPS, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, CareFirst

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