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Blue Shield of California.


BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA Blue Shield of California is a not-for-profit health insurance provider headquartered in San Francisco, California. An independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Blue Shield of California is an incorporated, wholly owned subsidiary of California Physicians'  has named ALAN SOKOLOW M.D. as senior vice president and chief medical officer. Sokolow will oversee health management and clinical quality improvement strategies, including Blue Shield's critical-care management and Healthy Lifestyle Rewards programs.

Most recently, Sokolow served as chief medical officer at Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. . Before Empire, Sokolow worked as chief medical officer for intelliClaim, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
 and as medical director and officer of Oxford Health Plans. He has also served on the board of directors of the Blue Health Intelligence initiative of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Blue Cross redirects here. For other uses, see Blue Cross (disambiguation)
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) is a American federation of 39 independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthcare
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Title Annotation:Health/Employee Benefits
Publication:Best's Review
Date:Jul 1, 2007
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