| Company Headquarters: | Three Penn Plaza East
Newark, NJ 07105-2200 |
| Corporate Structure: | Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. doing business as Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is a not-for-profit, health service corporation. A 15-member Board of Directors manages the company for its members.
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| Chairman of the Board: | Vincent J. Giblin |
| President and CEO: | William J. Marino |
| Number of Employees: | Over 4,700 |
| Number of Members: | Over 3.3 million |
| Company 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.
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| Company Mission: | Our mission is to make health care work by improving the health care experience for our members and the communities we serve.
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| Service Area: | Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the only licensed Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan in New Jersey, provides health insurance coverage to nearly three million people throughout all of North, Central, and South Jersey.
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| Media Contact: | Thomas W. Rubino, Esq.
Director, Public Affairs
(973) 466-8755
trubino@horizonblue.com |
| | Dan Emmer
Manager of Public Relations
(973) 466-4805
Daniel_emmer@Horizonblue.com |
| Web site: | www.HorizonBlue.com |
