Samuel R. Nussbaum

Anthem, Inc. was one of the nation’s publicly traded health benefits companies in the United States, serving more than 11.9 million members or customers primarily in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Colorado, Nevada and Virginia. Their product portfolio used to include diversified mix of managed care products, including preferred provider organizations, or PPOs, health maintenance organizations or HMOs and point of service or POS plans, as well as traditional indemnity products. They used to offer a broad range of administrative and managed care services and partially insured products for employer self-funded plans. These services and products were claims processing, stop loss insurance, actuarial services, provider network access, medical cost management and other administrative services. They used to offer several specialty products, including group life and disability insurance benefits, pharmacy benefit management, dental, vision and behavioral health benefits services. The company was headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

BJC Health System engages in healthcare services. It offers inpatient and outpatient care; primary care; community health and wellness; workplace health; home health; community mental health; rehabilitation; and long-term care. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

America's Health Insurance Plans, Inc. is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. AHIP's members provide health and supplemental benefits to more than 200 million Americans through employer-sponsored coverage, the individual insurance market, and public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. AHIP advocates for public policies that expand access to affordable health care coverage to all Americans through a competitive marketplace that fosters choice, quality and innovation. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Part of The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, The National Quality Forum (NQF) is a consensus-driven organization that works to improve the quality of American healthcare. The private company is based in Washington. NQF's expert committee members represent diverse interests from every healthcare sector, and measures are endorsed only after thoughtful discussion and debate from across the healthcare community. NQF sets national priorities for performance improvement, endorses consensus standards for measuring and reporting performance, and provides education and outreach. Dana Gelb Safran has been the CEO of the American company since 2021. The National Quality Forum was acquired by The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations on August 16, 2023.