Fact Based List:
Ten Key Events in Commerical Health Plan/ Managed Care History (chronological order)
Submitted by Clive Riddle on Tue, 09/13/2011 - 18:21
- 1917 Western Clinic in Tacoma provides prepaid physician services for the lumber industry
- 1939 Blue Shield program adopted for participating prepaid physician plans
- 1945 Permanente Health Plans opens to the public in California, in addition to serving Kaiser employees since 1938
- 1954 First IPA formed, the San Joaquin Medical Foundation, in California
- 1973 HMO Act of 1973 signed into law by President Nixon, using federal funds and policy to promote HMOs
- 1982 California legislation allows selective contracting for Medicaid & commercial insurance, paving the way for other states to enact laws facilitating PPOs
- 1994 Blue Cross Blue Shield Association eliminates requirement that all Member Plans must maintain not-for-profit status
- 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) includes patient privacy compliance and health plan portability provisions
- 2003 Medicare Modernization Act establishes establishes HSAs
- 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is adopted
Source: MCOL Managed Care Training Manual: Managed Care Timelines
Source URL: https://www.managedcarestore.com/YMCOL/swtman.htm
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