With regard to the merger of two companies, actually Anthem and Trigon have way more than just two NAIC numbers. I'm sure that each has numerous licensed affiliates and subsidiaries -- particularly Anthem. Each of these licensed entities has an NAIC number.
As for which NAIC number remains, probably all of them do. In these instances, ownership for all of the various companies will be transferred to whichever parent organization remains (or perhaps a new organization). It is unusual for regulators to require that a company be extinguished -- if it happens, it will be when there are multiple HMOs serving basically the same service area. However a licensed company has value even if it doesn't actively do business. You can sell a licensed entity for anywhere from 10K to 50K per state license, depending on which state the licenses are in. So you just don't let something with that value disappear. Besides a merger like this will take a year or two to get through the regulatory process. And you can't even start integrating systems and membership until the regulatory approvals are received. So changeover of back end systems will be another year or two. Ken Fody Independence Blue Cross -----Original Message----- From: William J. Kammerer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 6:13 PM To: 'WEDi/SNIP ID & Routing' Subject: Muddying the Waters: Mergers and Acquisitions I still don't know how BC/BS entities identify themselves if they don't all have NAIC Company codes. Can someone let me know? But outfits are always merging and acquiring - and our registry and Electronic Partner Profiles (CPP) can easily accommodate these eventualities. There's really no need for cutover dates (at the routing level), since the obsoleted ID can still be searched on to either (1) produce a dummy CPP which in turn points to the surviving entity's CPP, or (2) retrieve the surviving entity's CPP directly (which contains the obsoleted ID as a non-preferred search key). William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Frenkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WEDi/SNIP ID & Routing'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 29 April, 2002 05:43 PM Subject: RE: Fourth National HIPAA Summit: session on Identifiers, EDIAddressing and Routing Not to muddy the waters any more but Trigon BC/BS and Anthem BC/BS announced today they are merging. It will be interesting to see if they completely merge (one payer ID) or are maintained as 2 separate entities (unlikely). There might be issues like payer ID and or Plan ID cutover dates. It will be interesting to watch because there are other mergers in discussions. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This E-Mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this communication in error, please do not distribute and delete the original message. Please notify the sender by E-Mail at the address shown. Thank you for your compliance.
