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Highmark Health

Headquarters: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Description: Employing more than 35,000 people who serve millions of Americans across the country, Highmark Health is the parent company of Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network (AHN), and other businesses. Highmark Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates provide health insurance to more than 6 million members in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, and New York, as well as dental insurance and related health products through a national network of diversified businesses.

Highmark Health's other subsidiaries and affiliates include AHN, a health care delivery network that has more than 300 clinical facilities, including hospitals throughout western Pennsylvania and one in western New York; Health + Wellness Pavilions; a comprehensive research institute; ambulatory surgery centers; an employed physician organization; home- and community-based health services; a group purchasing organization; and nearly 2,600 physicians on its medical staff. Also included is HM Health Solutions, Inc., an information technology business focused on meeting the information technology platform and other business needs of the Highmark Health enterprise, as well as unaffiliated health insurance plans, by providing proven business processes, expert knowledge, and integrated cloud-based platforms.

Mission: To create a remarkable health experience, freeing people to be their best.

Number of Employees: 35,000+ across the organization

Leadership: David L. Holmberg, president and chief executive officer

2020 Consolidated Revenues: $18 billion

Website: highmarkhealth.org

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Headquarters:

  • Highmark Inc., doing business as Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in the 42 counties of western and northeastern Pennsylvania and as Highmark Blue Shield elsewhere in the state — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Highmark West Virginia Inc., doing business as Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia — Parkersburg, West Virginia
  • Highmark BCBSD Inc., doing business as Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware — Wilmington, Delaware
  • Highmark Western and Northeastern New York, doing business as Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York and Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York — Buffalo, New York

Description: An independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Highmark Inc., together with its Blue-branded affiliates, collectively comprise the fourth-largest overall Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated organization in the country.

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, Delaware, and New York

Number of Employees: Approximately 7,800

Leadership: Deborah L. Rice-Johnson, president, Highmark Inc.

Website: highmark.com

Allegheny Health Network

Headquarters: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Description: Allegheny Health Network is a $3.6 billion health and wellness organization that has more than 300 clinical facilities, including hospitals throughout western Pennsylvania and one in western New York; Health + Wellness Pavilions; a comprehensive research institute; ambulatory surgery centers; an employed physician organization; home- and community-based health services; a group purchasing organization; and nearly 2,600 affiliated physicians. While AHN began operations in 2013, AHN's member hospitals share legacies of charitable care that date back more than 160 years.

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, AHN Grove City, Jefferson Hospital, Saint Vincent Hospital, West Penn Hospital, Westfield Memorial Hospital, AHN McCandless, AHN Hempfield, AHN Brentwood, and AHN Harmar

Geographic Service Area: Western Pennsylvania and portions of New York, Ohio, and West Virginia

Number of Employees: 21,000

Leadership: Cynthia D. Hundorfean, president and chief executive officer

Website: ahn.org

HM Health Solutions

Headquarters: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Description: HM Health Solutions Inc. (HMHS) delivers business solutions to health plan payers so they can run their organizations more efficiently in a competitive and ever-changing market. By offering leading technology and industry expertise, HMHS meets the many operational needs of health plan payers. A wholly owned subsidiary of Highmark Health, HMHS is partnered with 12 health plans serving more than 10 million members.

Customers: Health plans

Products and Services: Advanced, end-to-end health insurance solutions, including the Enterprise Health Solution and HM Document Solutions

Geographic Service Area: Global

Number of Employees: 3,000

Leadership: Mick Malec, president, HM Health Solutions Inc., and enterprise technology officer, Highmark Health

Website: hmhs.com

HM Insurance Group

Headquarters: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Description: HM Insurance Group works to protect businesses and their employees from the financial risks associated with catastrophic health care costs. The companies in the group provide reinsurance solutions that address risk situations confronting employers, providers, and payers. A recognized leader in employer stop loss, HM also offers managed care reinsurance nationally.

Customers: Benefits brokers, consultants, and third party administrators on behalf of group policyholders; HMOs, health plans, and provider organizations

Products and Services: Stop Loss and Managed Care Reinsurance

Geographic Service Area: National

Number of Employees: 325

Leadership: Mark Lawrence, president, HM Insurance Group

Website: hmig.com

United Concordia Dental

Headquarters: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Description: United Concordia Companies, Inc. and its subsidiaries — collectively referred to as United Concordia Dental — is a leading dental solutions organization that delivers access to high-quality, cost-effective dental care through its network of 126,000 unique dentists across 398,000 access points.

Customers: Consumers, businesses, and government organizations

Products and Services: Dental solutions, including insurance products and services

Brands Offered: Concordia Preferred (PPO), Concordia Flex (PPO), Concordia Plus (DHMO), Smile for Health® Value Plan

Geographic Service Area: All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico

Number of Employees: 1,000

Leadership: Tim Constantine, president and chief executive officer, United Concordia Dental

Website: unitedconcordia.com

HM Home & Community Services

Headquarters: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Description: HM Home & Community Services LLC, doing business as Helion, is one of Highmark Health's subsidiaries. It specializes in population health management solutions that benefit payers, providers, and customers.

Customers: Health care organizations accountable for managing populations in home and community settings, including integrated delivery and financing systems, health plans, accountable care organizations, hospitals, and health systems

Products and Services: HM Home & Community Services LLC, doing business as Helion, provides health care organizations that are accountable for managing populations in home and community settings with customized solutions for the entire episode of care. These solutions uniquely focus on collaboration, evidence-based pathways of care, automation, innovation, and value-based incentives to transform the networks of skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies, enabling a higher level of performance, lower cost, better health outcomes, and a better patient experience.

Leadership: Monique Reese, DNP, ARNP, FNP, senior vice president, Home and Community Care, Highmark Health

Website: helion.health

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