Affiliated with the Canadian Association of Blue Cross Plans, Medavie Blue Cross traces its history to E.A. van Steenwyk's 1933 creation of the Hospital Service Association of Minnesota, which became known as Blue Cross.
Headquarters in downtown Moncton
Blue Cross eventually found its way into Canada, which had a private health care system at that time, and the Maritime Hospital Service Association was established in 1943, which became known as the Maritime Blue Cross - Blue Shield Association in 1954. With the creation of Canada's publicly funded universal health care system in the 1960s, the Blue Cross organizations began to evolve, providing travel insurance and individual health plans to supplement the publicly funded health care provided by each province.
In 1986, the company renamed itself Blue Cross of Atlantic Canada and was headquartered in Moncton. The name was shortened to Atlantic Blue Cross Care (or just Atlantic Blue Cross) in 1999 when it merged with Maritime Medical Care, a nonprofit insurer based in Nova Scotia.[1]
The company became extremely successful during this period when several major contracts were awarded by large companies and public sector employers for their employee benefit plans, leading to the acquisition of the group business sectors of Ontario Blue Cross and Quebec Blue Cross. This necessitated a more bilingually appropriate name, so Medavie Blue Cross or Croix Bleue Medavie was adopted in 2003 and officially implemented in 2005. The name "Medavie" is a bilingual portmanteau which includes the terms "medical" and "to live" and describes the company's products, which include medical and life insurance.
In 2007, for the third consecutive year, Medavie Blue Cross was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine, the only non-profit medical insurance organization in Canada to receive this honour.[2]
On June 15, 2016, former New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Medavie Incorporated, effective September 1, 2016.[3]
Medavie Blue Cross is subsidiary of Medavie, a health organization. Medavie is a member of the Canadian Association of Blue Cross Plans (CABCP). All member plans operate independently and are governed by their own Board of Directors.
Medavie is a not-for-profit organization, that channels its annual net income into investments aimed at enhancing the experience for its clients and an annual social dividend to the Medavie Health Foundation.[citation needed]
Medavie Blue Cross and the following companies are Subsidiaries of Medavieedit
^Fraser, F. Murray (1961). "The Maritime Medical Care Plan". Canadian Journal of Public Health. 52 (5): 206–213. ISSN 0008-4263. JSTOR 41982615. PMID 13701501.
^"Reasons for Selection, 2007 Canada's Top 100 Employers".
^"Bernard Lord appointed as Medavie CEO". web.medavie.bluecross.ca. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
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medavie, blue, cross, french, croix, bleue, medavie, profit, canadian, medical, care, insurance, company, headquartered, moncton, brunswick, medavie, company, typenot, profit, corporationindustryhealth, insurancelife, insurancefoundedmoncton, brunswick, 1943, . Medavie Blue Cross French Croix Bleue Medavie is a not for profit Canadian medical care insurance company headquartered in Moncton New Brunswick Medavie Inc Company typeNot for profit CorporationIndustryHealth InsuranceLife InsuranceFoundedMoncton New Brunswick 1943 HeadquartersMoncton New BrunswickKey peopleEric Laberge President Bernard Lord CEONumber of employees2 150 2013 approximate Websitehttp www medaviebc caAffiliated with the Canadian Association of Blue Cross Plans Medavie Blue Cross traces its history to E A van Steenwyk s 1933 creation of the Hospital Service Association of Minnesota which became known as Blue Cross Headquarters in downtown MonctonBlue Cross eventually found its way into Canada which had a private health care system at that time and the Maritime Hospital Service Association was established in 1943 which became known as the Maritime Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in 1954 With the creation of Canada s publicly funded universal health care system in the 1960s the Blue Cross organizations began to evolve providing travel insurance and individual health plans to supplement the publicly funded health care provided by each province In 1986 the company renamed itself Blue Cross of Atlantic Canada and was headquartered in Moncton The name was shortened to Atlantic Blue Cross Care or just Atlantic Blue Cross in 1999 when it merged with Maritime Medical Care a nonprofit insurer based in Nova Scotia 1 The company became extremely successful during this period when several major contracts were awarded by large companies and public sector employers for their employee benefit plans leading to the acquisition of the group business sectors of Ontario Blue Cross and Quebec Blue Cross This necessitated a more bilingually appropriate name so Medavie Blue Cross or Croix Bleue Medavie was adopted in 2003 and officially implemented in 2005 The name Medavie is a bilingual portmanteau which includes the terms medical and to live and describes the company s products which include medical and life insurance In 2007 for the third consecutive year Medavie Blue Cross was named one of Canada s Top 100 Employers as published in Maclean s magazine the only non profit medical insurance organization in Canada to receive this honour 2 On June 15 2016 former New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Medavie Incorporated effective September 1 2016 3 Medavie Blue Cross is subsidiary of Medavie a health organization Medavie is a member of the Canadian Association of Blue Cross Plans CABCP All member plans operate independently and are governed by their own Board of Directors Medavie is a not for profit organization that channels its annual net income into investments aimed at enhancing the experience for its clients and an annual social dividend to the Medavie Health Foundation citation needed Medavie Blue Cross and the following companies are Subsidiaries of Medavie editMedavie EMS Inc Medavie Health Services New Brunswick Inc Emergency Medical Care Inc EMC References edit Fraser F Murray 1961 The Maritime Medical Care Plan Canadian Journal of Public Health 52 5 206 213 ISSN 0008 4263 JSTOR 41982615 PMID 13701501 Reasons for Selection 2007 Canada s Top 100 Employers Bernard Lord appointed as Medavie CEO web medavie bluecross ca Retrieved 2016 06 23 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Medavie Blue Cross amp oldid 1124966165, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
