Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey

3 Penn Plaza East
General information
Type Office
Location Raymond Boulevard
Newark, New Jersey
Completed 1992
Technical details
Floor count 17/21
Design and construction
Owner Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, headquartered in Newark, New Jersey is the only licensed Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association plan in New Jersey, providing health insurance coverage to over 3.2 million people throughout all of North, Central, and South Jersey.

It is a not-for-profit, health service corporation with a 15-member Board of Directors which governs the company for its members. There are no shareholders. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is best known for their managed care and traditional indemnity plans for individuals and employers.

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History

Horizon BCBSNJ traces its history back to 1932 when Associated Hospitals of Essex County, Inc. was formed as a multi-hospital prepayment plan. The company later became the nation's first Blue Cross Plan.

The insurance provider has long been based in Newark, for many years occupying 33 Washington Street, and now owning its own building at Penn Plaza East.

Among the organizations that Horizon covers is North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue, which signed up with Horizon after ending their relationship with Cigna.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Tirella, Tricia. "Regional fire dept. budget up 3 percent" The Union City Reporter; September 5, 2010; Pages 5 and 7

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