Raymond F. McCaskey
President & CEO
Rita Taylor-Nash
Vice President
Corporate Diversity | Why It's on the Top 50: In its third year on the Top 50, Health Care Service Corp. gets very high marks for CEO Commitment and also is strong in Supplier Diversity.
Description: Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC) is a non-investor-owned mutual-insurance company that operates the Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Those plans offer PPO, HMO, POS, traditional indemnity and Medicare supplemental health plans. HCSC also offers employer-sponsored health, dental and prescription-drug coverage in addition to other life-insurance products.
From President and CEO Raymond F. McCaskey: "Certainly HCSC is not alone in valuing the talents and business contributions of its employees, but we also value the diversity among our employees. As part of a complex and diverse community, we see our diverse work force as a competitive advantage. We constantly strive to energize diversity in ways that make positive contributions to our business objectives."
Diversity Strengths: President and CEO Raymond F. McCaskey appoints members of the diversity council (60 percent of Top 50 CEOs do this) and has a personal quote about diversity on the corporate web site (78 percent of Top 50 CEOs have this). The company has mandatory diversity training for its entire work force (58 percent of Top 50 companies do this). HCSC has unbiased retention for its work force and management, meaning retention rates are level regardless of race/ethnicity and gender. The company's management is 33 percent people of color (compared with 25 percent for the Top 50 average) and 35 percent of managers receiving promotions are people of color (compared with 32 percent for the Top 50 average).
Recent Diversity Success: HCSC requires all employees to complete diversity training. The enterprise established a target of 95 percent; this was exceeded in 2006.
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Money Talks: Diversity Incentives Make the Difference | Top 50 Rank: 33 Specialty Lists: No. 5 on the Top 10 Companies for Latinos Industry: Healthcare Main Competitors: Aetna, CIGNA, United Health Group U.S. Headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Number of U.S. Employees: 16,033 Annual Revenue: $33 billion % of Operations Outside U.S.: None Key Personnel: Raymond F. McCaskey, president and CEO; Rita Taylor-Nash, vice president of corporate diversity
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