Oxford Health Plans Inc. was founded in 1984 and they became a United Health Care Company through a merger in 2004. Being part of the country’s largest single health insurer, empowered Oxford to give better health care services to their members. Today, they are providing health insurance to over 1,300,000 employees, employers and individuals in […]

MVP Health Care, Inc., works as a family of companies providing a wide range of health care plans and programs in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire. Today, over 750,000 members trust MVP for their health insurance needs.  They also have 330,000 members in Greater Rochester.  MVP boasts of promoting a personalized approach to care. […]

Statistically, the uninsured and the new phenomenon of underinsured are coming under great scrutiny because of the average status of their overall health. These are the groups of individuals who rarely make an appointment with the medical health care physician when they become ill. This in itself increases the risk of declining health even at […]

Health Insurance Plan of New York or better known as HIP began in 1940 as a group organization offering prepaid health insurance plans to residents of New York.  After fifty-five years, they have grown to be among the top health insurance providers in the state of New York and the largest Health Maintenance Organization. Today, […]

Group Health Incorporated (GHI) was founded in 1937 as a non-profit health care provider in New York. They started as Group Health Association of New York which was a small cooperative. As time passed and more subscribers joined them, they became the Cooperative Health Association of New York then Group Health Insurance. It was in […]

Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield is a nonprofit holding company headquartered in Rochester New York providing health insurance coverage to 1.8 million individual members today with their 6,000 New York employees. Their history goes back to 1932 when the Blue Cross organization was founded. They were previously known as BlueCross BlueShield of Central New York, […]

Since the passage of the health care reform bill, there are a few changes that have been instituted within the medical field that may or may not be accepted with a welcomed response. One of the major changes that have been instituted are with the relationship between the patient and the medical physician. This will […]

Empire was found in 1934 as a New York-based hospital insurance provider. They are a subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc., the largest publicly traded health benefits company in the country based on membership.  Empire has been providing health care benefits for 75 years.  They are covering more than 35 million members across 14 states together with […]

Easy Choice Health Plan is a subsidiary of Easy Choice Health Systems.  Established in 1995, Easy Choice Health Systems is a holding company controlled by health care professionals in New York.  Easy Choice Health Plan was founded and became their subsidiary. They began through the efforts of 12 founding physicians. Their goal is to “advance […]

There are new discussions floating from community to community and it is beginning to reflect an old-fashioned debate. The two new topics introduced into the public arena are with sugar and salt intake. However, even amongst the insurance providers and the medical health care community the debating back and forth keeps bringing new discussions into […]