Headquarters: Pittsburgh
Description: Highmark Health is the parent company of a national health and wellness enterprise that employs more than 35,000 people and serves 40 million Americans in all 50 states. The Highmark Health enterprise is the third largest integrated health care delivery and financing system in the nation. Highmark Health is the parent company of Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network and HM Health Solutions.
Mission: Highmark Health is an interdependent system designed to deliver high quality, accessible, understandable and affordable experiences, outcomes and solutions for our customers.
Number of Employees: 35,000+ enterprise-wide
Leadership: David L. Holmberg, President and CEO
2014 Consolidated Revenues: $16.8 billion
Website: www.highmarkhealth.org
Health Plans:
Headquarters: Highmark Inc. doing business as Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in the 29-counties of western Pennsylvania and as Highmark Blue Shield elsewhere in the state — Pittsburgh; Highmark West Virginia Inc. doing business as Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia — Parkersburg, W.Va.; Highmark BCBSD Inc. doing business as Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware — Wilmington, Del.
Description: An independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Highmark, together with its Blue-branded affiliates, collectively comprise the fourth-largest Blue Cross and Blue Shield-affiliated organization and one of nation's 10 largest health insurance organizations.
Customers: Consumers, businesses and government entities
Products and Services: Individual and group health insurance; Medicare Advantage plans for seniors.
Brands Offered: Blue Cross Blue Shield and/or Blue Shield
Geographic Service Area: Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware
Number of Employees: 7,500
Leadership: Deborah L. Rice-Johnson, President, Highmark Health Plan
Website: www.highmark.com
Headquarters: San Antonio, Texas
Description: HVHC Distribution & Manufacturing describes the distribution and manufacturing operation of HVHC Inc. and its subsidiaries, which together constitute an integrated vision solutions organization. The fourth largest finisher of lenses in the U.S., HVHC Distribution & Manufacturing operates five state-of-the-art manufacturing laboratories.
Customers: HVHC Distribution & Manufacturing manufactures eyewear exclusively for HVHC subsidiaries Visionworks and Davis Vision (listed separately).
Products and Services: HVHC Distribution & Manufacturing custom fabricates eyeglasses and distributes vision products across the country for Visionworks and Davis Vision.
Geographic Service Area: United States
Number of Employees: 248
Leadership: James N. Eisen, President and CEO, HVHC Inc. and President, Visionworks; John Kay, Executive Vice President, HVHC Inc., Distribution and Manufacturing
Headquarters: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Visionworks is a leading provider of eye care services in the U. S. with more than 650 optical retail stores in 40 states and the District of Columbia. Visionworks is a subsidiary of HVHC Inc., the parent company for an integrated vision solutions organization.
Customers: Consumers
Products and Services: Prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses; eyewear services including exams.
Brands Offered: Frames by GUESS®, Diane von Furstenberg®, Lacoste®, Anne Klein®, Just Cavalli®, Nine West®, Gant®, Diesel® and Nike® plus exclusive brand frames including Chelsea Morgan, Salsa, Robert Michel and Alberto Romani. Lens brands include the family of Transitions® adaptive lenses and Coppertone® polarized lenses.
Geographic Service Area: 40 states in the U.S. and the District of Columbia
Number of Employees: 7,600
Leadership: James. N. Eisen, President and CEO, HVHC Inc. and President, Visionworks
Website: www.visionworks.com
Headquarters: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Davis Vision provides comprehensive, managed vision care coverage through a national provider network that includes 47,000 points of access for its customers. Davis Vision is a subsidiary of HVHC Inc., the parent company for an integrated vision solutions organization.
Customers: Consumers, businesses and government entities
Products and Services: Managed vision care coverage through benefits plans.
Brands Offered: Davis Vision
Geographic Service Area: United States
Number of Employees: 860
Leadership: James. N. Eisen, President and CEO, HVHC Inc.; Celina Burns, President, Davis Vision
Website: www.davisvision.com
Headquarters: Harrisburg, Pa.
Description: United Concordia Companies Inc. and its subsidiaries — collectively called United Concordia Dental — comprise a leading dental wellness organization that delivers high-quality, cost-effective dental solutions through a network of nearly 103,000 dentists and more than 283,000 access points.
Customers: Consumers, businesses and government entities
Products and Services: Dental care and oral wellness.
Brands Offered: United Concordia Dental; Smile for Health®, UCVision®, UCElect, Healthy Stages
Geographic Service Area: United States and Puerto Rico
Number of Employees: 940
Leadership: Michael W. Sullivan, CEO, and F.G. “Chip” Merkel, President and COO
Website: www.unitedconcordia.com
Headquarters: Pittsburgh
Description: The companies within the HM Insurance Group work to protect businesses and their employees across the nation from the financial risks associated with health costs. With 23 offices across the nation, HM Insurance Group is one of America’s top four stop loss carriers.
Customers: Benefits brokers, consultants and third party administrators on behalf of group policyholders; providers; managed-care entities
Products and Services: Health risk solutions including stop loss, managed care reinsurance and workers' compensation insurance.
Geographic Service Area: Stop loss and managed care reinsurance are offered across the United States. Workers' compensation is offered exclusively in Pennsylvania.
Number of Employees: 426
Leadership: Michael W. Sullivan, CEO; Matt Rhenish, President and COO
Website: www.hmig.com
Integrated Delivery Network:
Headquarters: Allegheny Health Network (parent company) – Pittsburgh
Description: The integrated delivery network and its parent company Allegheny Health Network includes 8 hospitals; more than 2,100 affiliated physicians; 6 ambulatory surgery centers; a research institute; home and community based health services; a group purchasing organization; and three Health + Wellness Pavilions. The network also serves as a clinical campus for Temple University School of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine and the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Customers: Patients
Products and Services: Integrated health care delivery, health care research, medical education, wellness services.
Brands Offered: Allegheny Health Network, Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny Valley Hospital, Canonsburg Hospital, Forbes Hospital, Jefferson Hospital, Saint Vincent Hospital, West Penn Hospital and Westfield Memorial Hospital
Geographic Service Area: 29 counties in Pennsylvania and portions of New York, Ohio and West Virginia
Number of Employees: 17,000
Leadership: John W. Paul, President and CEO
Website: www.ahn.org
Headquarters: Pittsburgh
Description: HM Health Solutions meets the information technology platform and other business needs of health insurance plans by providing proven business processes, expert knowledge and integrated cloud-based platforms.
Customers: Businesses, specifically health plans
Products and Services: Advanced, end-to-end health insurance solutions including the enterprise health solution, print management, infrastructure management and data center hosting.
Geographic Service Area: Global
Number of Employees: 2,060
Leadership: Matthew V. T. Ray, President
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