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industry healthcare founded 1977 founder senior care action network headquarters long beach california key people chris wing president and chief executive revenue 1.9 billion 1 usd number of employees 1 100 website www.scanhealthplan.com scan health plan scan is a not for profit health plan founded in 1977 and based in long beach california . the medicare advantage health maintenance organization hmo is the one of the largest not for profit medicare advantage company in the united states . contents 1 history 2 coverage by counties 3 independence at home 4 references 5 external links history edit scan was founded in 1977 by a group of seniors who were frustrated by their lack of access to services and who wanted an organization that addressed their specific needs . these seniors formed the senior care action network now known as scan health plan . up until 1982 scan was relatively unknown . in that year however congress awarded the organization one of four social health maintenance organization shmo contracts which became effective in 1985 . the shmo contract was renewed several times over the years until the social hmo program ended . 2 in 1996 scan expanded into three southern california counties orange riverside and san bernardino . the hmo expanded to ventura county california in 2005 to kern county california and maricopa county arizona in 2006 and to san diego county california in 2007 . the company entered the northern california market in 2010 with contra costa san francisco san joaquin and santa clara counties . scan added a second arizona county pima county in 2011 . 3 in 2015 scan expanded into two northern california counties napa and sonoma . 4 in 2015 scan was ranked by the centers for medicare and medicaid cms as a 4.0 star plan . 5 coverage by counties edit scan provides coverage in three regions southern california northern california and arizona 6 7 southern california northern california arizona kern marin maricopa los angeles napa pima orange san francisco riverside san joaquin san bernardino santa clara san diego sonoma ventura independence at home edit one of the first eight multi purpose senior service projects mssp in california independence at home iah now operates as a division of scan health plan . iah provides community based long term care and personal care coordination for low income frail seniors as well as functionally disabled adults . with a mission of enabling clients to stay healthy and independent in their own homes iah is projected to serve approximately 17 000 clients in 2014 . 8 references edit 1 http articles.latimes.com 1992 07 20 business fi 4076 1 scan health plan https www.scanhealthplan.com media 1442 scan annual report web 2012.pdf http napavalleyregister.com business columnists health insurance guys scan health plan questions article 8016a330 d65f 500c abcf 555012dfbdb7.html http health.usnews.com medicare search state ca & sort rating & stars 4 http health.usnews.com medicare scan health plan medicare plans in california http www.medicarehelp.org 2015 medicare advantage ma scan classic hmo h9385 002 http www.independenceathome.org about index.aspx external links edit scan health plan retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title scan health plan & oldid 667287584 categories companies established in 1977companies based in long beach californiahidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from june 2014articles with a promotional tone from june 2014all articles with a promotional tonearticles lacking reliable references from june 2014all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated 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