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


  1. 1917 Western Clinic in Tacoma provides prepaid physician services for the lumber industry
  2. 1939 Blue Shield program adopted for participating prepaid physician plans
  3. 1945 Permanente Health Plans opens to the public in California, in addition to serving Kaiser employees since 1938
  4. 1954 First IPA formed, the San Joaquin Medical Foundation, in California
  5. 1973 HMO Act of 1973 signed into law by President Nixon, using federal funds and policy to promote HMOs
  6. 1982 California legislation allows selective contracting for Medicaid & commercial insurance, paving the way for other states to enact laws facilitating PPOs
  7. 1994 Blue Cross Blue Shield Association eliminates requirement that all Member Plans must maintain not-for-profit status
  8. 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) includes patient privacy compliance and health plan portability provisions
  9. 2003 Medicare Modernization Act establishes establishes HSAs
  10. 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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