[DOC] [TLE] History of WellChoice, Inc.  FundingUniverse [PAR] 1929: A Baylor University official develops the prepaid healthcare concept that 
will ... Northwest began paying monthly fees to groups of physicians for medical 
care. ... organization, Blue Shield, which was established in California in 1939. ... 
program in Albany, typifying the manner in which Kimball's idea evolved into a... [DOC] [TLE] History of Health Care - What If Post [PAR] Dec 20, 2009 ... Railroads begin providing employee medical programs. ... First group health 
insurance policy  Montgomery Ward and Co. seeks .... 1939-1946, The 
California Physicians' Service (CPS)  the first ... 1940-1949, Penicillin comes 
into use. ... group practices with prepaid monthly fees in favor of fee-for-service... [DOC] [TLE] History of Health Insurance Benefits - Employee Benefit Research ... [PAR] Employment-based health benefit programs have existed in the United States ... 
In 1910, Montgomery Ward entered into one of the earliest group insurance ... in 
the history of health insurance benefits as they have evolved in the United States. 
... provide room, board, and specified services at a predetermined monthly cost. [DOC] [TLE] The Development of Health Care Consumerism in the United States ... [PAR] How does health care consumerism fit into the history of reforms? ... In 1929, 
Baylor University's health care facilities started the first insurance program in 
America ... Pacific Northwest to provide medical care by paying monthly fees to 
groups of physicians. In 1939, the first official Blue Shield plan was founded in 
California. [DOC] [TLE] 1 TABLE 2-A Comprehensive history of health care reimbursement ... [PAR] for a predetermined fee that was paid on either a monthly or yearly basis. ... 
Health Act of 1939 ... the lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest at the 
turn of the ... medical service bureaus, which were composed of groups of 
physicians. .... To combine health care financing and quality assurance programs 
into a... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 2. Paying for Health Care | Understanding Health Policy: A ... [PAR] Health care financing in the United States evolved to its current state through a 
series ... The four basic modes of paying for health care are out-of-pocket 
payment, ..... Within each group (bank managers, truck drivers, and mine workers
), people .... for physician services and is paid for by federal taxes and monthly 
premiums... [DOC] [TLE] Origins and Evolution of Employment-Based Health Benefits - NCBI [PAR] a century's worth of professional and institutional development in health care that 
.... Early employer programs include frequently cited examples from the mining 
and ..... into agreements with clinics, group practices, and hospitals to make 
monthly .... the California Physicians Service, was organized in 1939with 
leadership... [DOC] [TLE] A History of Managed Health Care and Health Insurance in the ... [PAR] these insurance policies eventually evolved into coverage for care ... Discuss 
how managed care activities by non-HMO health plans seek to ... month.1 The 
program was available to lumber mill owners .... Northwest in 1939 and offered 
coverage of physician ser- ... monthly fee for their services through a service 
bureau.4. [DOC] [TLE] Health Services in a Stranded Coal Community: Scotts Run, 1920-47 [PAR] Scholarship on health care in the coal mining regions of Appalachia has ... 
limited to public health services, the debate ultimately evolved into a discussion 
of the relationship between private physicians and rural miners with union health 
programs. ..... Monthly and yearly reports, completed by the deaconess in charge 
of the... [DOC] [TLE] Paying for Health Care in the US - Boston University [PAR] Employer sponsored insurance, or group plans; Individual health insurance, 
private ... The two entities (Blue Cross and Blue Shield) later merged into the 
program we ... starts the first Blue Shield plan, which was designed to pay 
physicians fees. ... a brief summary of the evolution of US Healthcare starting with 
the 1940s. [DOC] [TLE] Our History - Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania [PAR] 1939. Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania (BCNEPA) began enrolling ... 
BCNEPA moved into our office location on North Main Street in Wilkes-

Question: Monthly fees to groups of physicians for miners' health care evolved into this program in 1939
Answer: Blue Shield