PGBA, InStil Health Insurance to Help Veterans Visit World War II Memorial
July 23, 2012
COLUMBIA, SC – July 23, 2012 – PGBA, LLC, and InStil Health InsuranceCo. announced a joint sponsorship of an Honor Flight that will takeWorld War II veterans to their World War II Memorial in Washington,D.C.
The donation to Honor Flight South Carolina will allow about100 World War II veterans who have never visited the memorial to flyfrom Columbia to the nation’s capital on Nov. 7, 2012, four days beforeVeterans Day. About 60 guardians – volunteer assistants – will accompanythe veterans and provide help throughout the daylong trip.
Veterans who are relatives or close acquaintances of PGBA or InStilHealth Insurance employees will be given priority for available spots onthe charter flight. Remaining seats will go to veterans who applythrough Honor Flight South Carolina (www.HonorFlightSC.com).
Both PGBA (www.PGBA.com) and InStil Health Insurance (www.MyInStil.com)serve military families in their work with TRICARE, the U.S. military’shealth care program for active-duty and retired service members andtheir families. PGBA handles about 60 percent of the nation’s TRICAREmedical claims processing and related customer service. InStil HealthInsurance provides managed care support services to TRICAREbeneficiaries in South Carolina.
Our employees are honored to serve members of the military and theirfamilies every day through TRICARE, and they are especially proud tosponsor the Veterans Day Honor Flight, said Bruce Hughes, president ofBlueCross’ Government Programs division, which includes PGBA and InStilHealth Insurance. Without Honor Flight, many heroes who served ourcountry in World War II would never have the opportunity to see theirown memorial.
Honor Flight South Carolina is a member of the national Honor FlightNetwork. Its mission is to provide every World War II veteran in SouthCarolina who has never visited the memorial an opportunity to do so. TheNov. 7 flight will be the South Carolina chapter’s 15th to thememorial.
Every single World War II veteran should see the memorial, and we areso grateful to PGBA and InStil Health Insurance for helping Honor FlightSouth Carolina come closer to that goal, said Bill Dukes, founder andpresident of the state’s Honor Flight chapter. Only about 1.7 millionof the 16 million World War II veterans are still with us, and about 800of these heroes pass away every day.
In addition to visiting the World War II Memorial, Honor Flight veteransalso tour Arlington National Cemetery during their visit to Washington.
About PGBA
Headquartered in Florence, S.C., PGBA, LLC, processes medicalclaims and provides customer service and sophisticated systems platformson behalf of beneficiaries, physicians and hospitals in the TRICAREprogram. The company is a subcontractor to TRICARE prime contractorsHumana Military Healthcare Services and Health Net Federal Services. Inaddition to TRICARE, PGBA processes claims for other government programsand private insurers throughout the United States. PGBA has offices inColumbia, Florence, Camden and Surfside Beach, S.C.
About InStil Health Insurance
InStil Health Insurance Co. provides administrative services to theDepartment of Defense under a TRICARE Managed Care Support Programsubcontract and to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services forMedicare Advantage health plan products under an administrative servicesagreement. InStil Health Insurance is headquartered in Columbia, S.C.
