please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message geha geha headquarters building in lee s summit mo. type private not for profit industry health insurance dental insurance founded kansas city missouri 1937 1937 founder railway mail clerks headquarters lee s summit missouri area served worldwide key people julie browne president products preferred provider organization ppo high deductible health plan hdhp connection dental number of employees 1 300 subsidiaries ppo usa inc. surety life slogan the benefits of better health website geha.com gehadental.com geha government employees health association is a self insured not for profit association providing health and dental plans to federal employees and retirees and their families through the federal employees health benefits program fehbp and the federal employees dental and vision insurance program fedvip . geha provides benefits to more than 1.5 million people worldwide . the company currently offers traditional fee for service health 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 ppo usa inc. and surety life . 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 . contents 1 company profile 1.1 history 1.2 evolution of the company name 2 key people 3 references company profile edit history edit photo of a railway mail service clerk at work on the chicago and north western . demo of the mail hook pulling a mail bag on chicago burlington and quincy railroad 1923 at the illinois railway museum . geha traces its roots to 1937 when the railway mail hospital association was formed in kansas city missouri to help provide u.s. railway mail service clerks with assistance for their medical expenses . 1 2 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 . citation needed 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 fehbp contracts with several hundred health insurance plans to provide coverage for more than 8 million federal enrollees and dependents including retirees . citation needed evolution of the company name edit 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 edit 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 present julie browne references edit federal diary live the sharing economy . retrieved 11 august 2016 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title geha & oldid 741758221 categories 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