The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is a federation of 38 separate health insurance organizations and companies in the United States. Combined, they directly or indirectly provide health insurance to over 99 million Americans. The history of Blue Cross dates back to 1929, while the history of Blue Shield dates to 1939. The Blue Cross Association dates back to 1960, while its Blue Shield counterpart was actually created in 1948. The two organizations merged in 1982, forming the current association.
Launch Tennessee, in partnership with The Blackstone Charitable Foundation, is conducting The TENN, a master accelerator program designed to provide “tier 2” support to some of the top startups coming out of the state’s accelerator network.