GEHA (Government Employees Health Association) is a self-insured, not-for-profit association providing medical and dental plans to federal employees and retirees and their families through the Federal Employees Health Benefits ( FEHB) program and the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP). GEHA provides benefits to more than 2 million people worldwide. The company currently offers traditional fee-for-service medical plan options with a

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(PPO) along with a high deductible health plan (HDHP) that can be paired with a

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(HSA). On the dental side, GEHA offers two options under the Connection Dental Federal FEDVIP plan. In 2006, the

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(OPM) chose GEHA as one of a select number of companies to offer supplemental benefits to federal employees under the Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP). GEHA has two subsidiaries: GEHA Solutions and Surety Life. GEHA Solutions f/k/a PPO USA was formed in 1997 to market the following products outside federal markets: Connection Dental Network, Connection Vision powered by

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, and Connection Hearing by HearPO. GEHA acquired Surety Life in 2012, giving GEHA flexibility to offer additional products to existing and new customers.

Company profile

History

GEHA traces its roots to 1937, when the Railway Mail Hospital Association was formed in

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, to help provide

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clerks with assistance for their medical expenses. Twenty years later, the company expanded its scope to offer health insurance benefits to federal employees and retirees from all agencies and branches of government. In 1964, the company officially became known as the Government Employees Hospital Association. In 2007, the organization changed its name to Government Employees Health Association. GEHA was one of the first insurance carriers eligible to provide coverage to federal employees under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959. The

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contracts with several hundred health insurance plans to provide coverage for more than 8 million federal enrollees and dependents, including retirees.

Evolution of the company name

The company's name has changed six times since its founding in 1937: *1937: Railway Mail Hospital Association *1950: Postal Transport Hospital Association *1958: Federal Postal Hospital Association *1964: Federal Employees Hospital Association *1965: Government Employees Hospital Association *2007: Government Employees Health Association

Key people

These are the people who have served as GEHA's president over time: *1938-1948: Walter C. Tuchfarber *1948-1975: Charles L. Massie *1975-1988: Raymond E. Rowland *1988-1992: James R. Cantrell *1993–2015: Richard G. Miles *2015–2018: Julie Browne *2018–2021: Darren Taylor *2021-present: Arthur A. Nizza, DSW

Sponsorships

On March 4, 2021, GEHA and the

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of the

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announced GEHA had received naming rights to the Chiefs' stadium. It was renamed

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References

External links

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