Plan to create $2 billion California HealthCare Foundation attracts strong statewide support.WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1994--Support for the Blue Cross of California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). plan to create a $2 billion charitable foundation dedicated to improving health care in California has been overwhelmingly positive, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a review of letters filed recently with a state agency. During a public comment period which ended Oct. 31, the California Department of Corporations (DOC See doc file and docs. 1. Doc - Directed Oc 2. doc - /dok/ Common spoken and written shorthand for "documentation". Often used in the plural "docs" and in the construction "doc file" (i.e. documentation available on-line). ) received approximately 189 letters from a broad range of individuals and organizations regarding the Blue Cross public benefit plan. One hundred and seventy-one Adj. 1. seventy-one - being one more than seventy 71, lxxi cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" of the letters, or 90.5%, endorsed the plan and urged the DOC to approve it. Letters supporting the plan were received from such diverse organizations as the California School Nurses Association, the American Heart Association American Heart Association (AHA), n.pr a national voluntary health agency that has the goal of increasing public and medical awareness of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and thereby reducing the number of associated deaths and disabilities. , the California Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. Association, the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Educational Partnership, the California Academy of Family Physicians, the Mexican-American Mexican American n. A U.S. citizen or resident of Mexican descent. Mex  i·can-A·mer Opportunity Foundation, the San
Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Public Health Foundation and the Visiting Nurse vis·it·ing nursen. A registered nurse employed by a public health agency or hospital to promote community health and especially to visit and administer treatment to sick people in their homes. Association of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . (A complete list of those who wrote letters of support is attached.) Blue Cross has proposed separating its commercial activities from its public benefit mission. As a part of this process, it is seeking DOC approval to contribute all its public benefit assets, currently valued at more than $2 billion, to the new California HealthCare Foundation (CHF CHF In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swiss Franc. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) to ensure that these assets will be devoted in perpetuity Of endless duration; not subject to termination. The phrase in perpetuity is often used in the grant of an Easement to a utility company. in perpetuity adj. forever, as in one's right to keep the profits from the land in perpetuity. to the benefit of all Californians. Under the plan, the CHF will fund programs designed to lower health costs while improving the quality and availability of care. The foundation's initial focus will include: o Programs that fill gaps in the health care system immediately -- CaliforniaKids, which provides primary, preventive preventive /pre·ven·tive/ (pre-vent´iv) prophylactic. pre·ven·tive or pre·ven·ta·tive adj. Preventing or slowing the course of an illness or disease; prophylactic. n. and
emergency care for uninsured children of low-income
working families
-- California HealthScreen, a statewide network of basic
health screening and education for the uninsured and
underserved
o Efforts to improve the health care system in the near term -- Support for regional poison control centers poison control center Toxicology A nonprofit facility, often affiliated with a university or hospital, that provides emergency toxicology assessments by telephone, and treatment recommendations, primarily to parents of children who swallowed a household product, -- Center for Healthy Living, which will offer
comprehensive wellness and lifestyle modification
programs with an initial focus on older adults
o Investments in the 21st century -- Local Partners for Health -- Center for Quality Patient Care, which will educate
consumers regarding treatment options and support
efforts by physicians to implement proven medical
practice guidelines
-- Delivery System Support, which will fund health care delivery systems which can serve as models for the 21st century Blue Cross of California has been serving the health care needs of Californians since its inception in 1937 as a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , public benefit corporation. When it restructured in 1992, the Blue Cross Board of Directors chose not to convert the parent company to for-profit status so that the company could continue to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. its traditional public benefit mission. As a part of the restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). , the Board pledged to enhance the company's public benefit activities and has already committed over $200 million to health-related charitable contributions charitable contribution n. in taxation, a contribution to an organization which is officially created for charitable, religious, educational, scientific, artistic, literary, or other good works. . -0-
Letters Sent in Support of BCC Public Benefit Plan to the DOC
Adventist Health System West
Alliance for Children's Rights
Alta District Hospital
Alzheimer's Association
American Cancer Society-California Division
American Cancer Society-Fresno Unit
American Cancer Society-Merced Unit
American Cancer Society-Mountain Valley Unit
American Diabetes Assn (2)
American Heart Assn (2)
Asian Business Assn
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Basic Adult Spanish Education
Breast Care Center of the North Valley
Brim Healthcare
California Academy of Family Physicians
California Assn of Hospitals & Health Sys
California Cancer Center at Woodward Park (2)
California Children's Hospital Assn
California School Nurses Org
California Small Business United
California State University-Bakersfield
Cancer Care Consultants
Cancer Center at St. Agnes (3)
Catholic Healthcare West
Center of Health Resources
Centinela Hospital Medical Center
Chicanos for Creative Medicine
Children's Dental Center
Children's Hospital Fdn
Children's Hospital-Los Angeles (2)
Children's Hospital-Memorial Miller (2)
Children's Hospital-Oakland
Children's Hospital-Stanford
Community Hosp of Monterey Peninsula
County of Santa Barbara Health Care Svcs
Daniel Freeman Hospital
Daughters of Charity
Delano Regional Medical Center (2)
Department of Public Health
Doctors Medical Center (2)
Dominican St. Cruz Hospital
Dunham MD, Roger
Eastern Plumas District Hospital
Emanuel Medical Center (2)
Employers' Training Resource
Enloe Hospital
Feather River Hospital
Feminist Women's Health Center
FoodSafe Program
Fremont-Rideout Health Group
Fresno Imaging Center
Gamble, Steve (former president, Hospital Council of Southern
California)
Granada Hills Community Hospital
Hanford Community Medical Center (2)
Healthcare Forum
Hearst Foundation
Hospital Council Fdn
Hosp Council Fdn & Health Svcs Rsch Fdn (4)
Hospital Council of No. & Central CA
Hospital Council of San Diego & Imprl Counties
Imaging Associates Medical Group
Independent Colleges of So. CA
Institute for Naturopathic Medicine
KABC Talkradio
Karuk Tribe of California
Kaweah Delta District Hospital (2)
Kennedy, Robert F. Medical Center
Kern County Health Dept
Kern Medical Center
Kern Valley Hospital District (2)
Korean Health Education, Information & Referral Center
Lassen County Health & Human Services Dept
Livingston Memorial Fdn
Lodi Memorial Hospital
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda University Medical Center (2)
Loma Linda University (3)
Long Beach Community Hospital (4)
Los Angeles Educational Partnership (2)
Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital Fdn
March of Dimes Birth Defects Fdn
Mark Twain St. Joseph's Hospital
Memorial Hospital at Exeter
Mental Health Assn in California
Merced Family Health Centers
Mercy Cancer Center
Mercy Hospital & Health Services
Mercy Regional Cancer Center
Mexican American Opportunity Fdn
Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center
Musick, Peeler & Garrett Law Firm
National Fund for Medical Education
National Medical Assn
O'Connor Hospital Fdn
Pacific Hospital of Long Beach
Pediatric & Family Medical Ctr
Pew Health Professions Commission
Plumas County Health Services
Plumas District Hospital
Pomegranate for Women
Preventive Medicine Rsch Inst
Professional Medical Assn of Santa Barbara
Promotion & Development Group
Riordan Fdn
Rios (former president, Chicano/Latino Medical Assn)
Rowland Associates
Sacramento Regional Foundation
Sacramento Savings Bank
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
San Francisco Public Health Fdn
Sanger General Hospital
Santa Teresita Hospital
Selma District Hospital (2)
St. Agnes Medical Center (3)
St. Francis Medical Center
St. Mary Medical Center
Southern California Healthcare Systems
Stanislaus Medical Center
Su Salud
Sutter Health
Tehama County Health Center
Tomas Rivera Center
Turlock Diagnostic Center
Tulare District Hospital
Unified Medical Quality Commission
University of California Berkeley
University of California San Francisco
University of Southern California (2)
Valley Children's Hospital Fdn
Valley Hospital Fdn
VICA
Vision Service Plan
Visiting Nurse Assn of San Diego
Westside Women's Health Center
White Memorial Medical Center
Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould
World Opportunities International
YWCA
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