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Company type | Private, not-for-profit |
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Industry | Health insurance, dental insurance |
Founded | Kansas City, Missouri (1937 ) |
Founder | Railway Mail clerks |
Headquarters | Lee's Summit, Missouri |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Arthur A Nizza, DSW President and CEO |
Products | Preferred provider organization (PPO), high-deductible health plan (HDHP), Connection Dental |
Number of employees | 1,500 |
Subsidiaries | GEHA Solutions • Surety Life |
Website | geha.com |
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 preferred provider organization (PPO) along with a high deductible health plan (HDHP) that can be paired with a health savings account (HSA). On the dental side, GEHA offers two options under the Connection Dental Federal FEDVIP plan.
In 2006, the Office of Personnel Management (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 EyeMed, and Connection Hearing by HearPO. GEHA acquired Surety Life in 2012, giving GEHA flexibility to offer additional products to existing and new customers.[citation needed][1]