Speaker:  Calvin Anderson, Vice President
Federal and Community Relations
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Calvin Anderson presently serves as vice president of federal and community relations for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and is the executive director of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation and Community Trust.  His responsibilities include monitoring insurance and healthcare legislation and regulations, public relations, and administering the company's corporate contributions program.  

Prior to joining BlueCross, Anderson was a senior staff member to U.S. Sen. Jim Sasser of Tennessee from 1985 to 1994. Early in his career he held sales and management positions in the insurance industry with Prudential Insurance Company and Universal Life Insurance Company.

On the civic front, Anderson has served on the board of directors in a number of business and civic organizations including the Memphis Regional Chamber of Commerce and Shelby County 9-1-1, where he was the chairman from 1992 to 1994.  Additionally, Anderson has been chairman of Shelby Farms Park Conservancy since 2006 as well as being a member of the Memphis Bio-Works Foundation Board and Leadership Memphis where he filled the roles of alumni president, chairman of the admissions committee and was on the board of trustees.    

On a state level, Anderson was a member of the State Election Commission from 1995 until May of 2007. He served on the State Small Group Health Insurance Advisory Committee for the Department of Insurance, in 1998 and the State TennCare Advisory Committee in 2002. In 2006 and 2007, he sat on the board of directors of Tennessee Tomorrow.

On a national level, he represents BlueCross as a congressional relations coordinator with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and on America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Policy Committee and Federal Government Relations Group.  He also serves on the Health Industry Council for District Eight of the Federal Reserve.

Meeting Agenda:

Impact, timeline and costs for Healthcare Reform bill.
I.     Overall assessment of key provisions
II.    Implementation timeline requirements
III.   Employer and Individual requirements
IV.   Cost estimations to employer and individual
V.    Transition issues

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