BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION (EIN 13-5656874)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-11-07
IRS object ID: 201243179349300319
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-11-07T14:30:38-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	135656874	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	BLUE	NameControl
Phone	3122976000	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	225 North Michigan Avenue	AddressLine1
City	Chicago	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60601	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Robert Kolodgy	Name
Title	Sr. VP & Chief Financial Officer	Title
Phone	3122976000	Phone
Date Signed	2012-11-08	DateSigned

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Scott Serota	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	225 North Michigan Avenue	AddressLine1
City	Chicago	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60601	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	398191646	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	www.bcbs.com	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1948	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	IL	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	The organization's tax exempt purpose is promoting through independent BCBS member (Plans), the common good and general welfare of the community by fostering broad-based health insurance coverage.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	40	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	39	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	1341	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	17626331	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	-17958375	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	0	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	0	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	406793706	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	391099815	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1885339	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	1308731	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	262544	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	-183692	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	408941589	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	392224854	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	163963466	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	168864772	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	234305476	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	236658500	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	398268942	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	405523272	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	10672647	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-13298418	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	500973450	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	477055743	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	376806279	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	372770195	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	124167171	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	104285548	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	The Association serves its membership consisting of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans (Plans) which operates within specified geographic service areas. The Association provides a variety of services to member Plans and coordinates government services such as the Medicare Part A prime contract and the contract under the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program (FEP);all of which are the core of the organization's exempt purpose of promoting the common good and general welfare of the community by fostering broad-based health insurance coverage.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	0	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	1	SignificantChange
Expense	106247755	Expense
Grants	0	Grants
Revenue	117596141	Revenue
Description	The BlueCard program is a clearinghouse service provided when a member Plan participant receives healthcare in another member Plan geographic service area. In 2011, national and local presence in Fortune 100 companies and extended Fortune 500 companies were maintained from the levels achieved in 2010. Total membership within Blue System's Fortune 500 companies at year end is 11.3m. The average number of Blue Members in the 379 national and local accounts is 38.9k. Twenty eight (28) of thirty nine (39) Association licensees serve fortune 500 companies nationally. The program continued to support cost savings and claim cycle time reductions; thus, increasing the potential for increased member and provider satisfaction.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	101562090	Expense
Grants	0	Grants
Revenue	101670618	Revenue
Description	The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associations' Federal Employee Program (FEP) administers the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan. Approximately 61.6 percent of all federal employees and retirees who receive their health care benefits through the government's Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) are members of the Service Benefit Plan receiving health coverage through member Plans. Service Benefit Plan has been part of the FEHBP since its inception in 1960 and is the largest plan in the program. The FEP program provided service to more than 5.2 million members and maintained a retention rate of 99.2 percent. During 2011, the program introduced valuable engagement tools and programs to FEP members. An increased focus on generic drugs, care management programs and online tools led to lower Standard Option premiums for millions of members covered under the Program.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	47522429	Expense
Grants	0	Grants
Revenue	53612216	Revenue
Description	As the umbrella organization for the member Plans, the Association coordinates advertising and communications programs, providing policy and representation of member interests, monitors and fosters the financial stability of all the Plans and supports the ability of the Plans to operate efficiently by providing conferences, consulting and miscellaneous services to the Plans.	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther (6 entries)

ExpenseExpense	RevenueRevenue	DescriptionDescription
35296168	17423030	National Data Warehouse (NDW) is a central data warehouse composed of aggregate standardized and de-identified data (such as medical and drug claims, membership and other provider information) obtained from participating member plans for use in complementing the analytical systems within each of the Plans to improve business intelligence and for the benefit of understanding and managing health care costs and quality via benchmarking and trend analysis.
34830631	35660619	The Association develops, enhances and protects the value of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield brand names and symbols and supports the oversight and management of member Plan license agreements.
29628420	27840336	The Association provides optional consulting services and other miscellaneous services.
11822923	11816769	Operation of the National Employee Benefits Administration Program which provides a comprehensive group package of employee benefits programs to the Plans.
11539486	17126330	Operation of the telecommunications network which facilitates inter-plan communication.
8658006	8353756	BCBSA performs services for the Medicare A program and other services agreements with the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). BCBSA acts in a coordinating role for all Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans to perform certain aspects of the Medicare A intermediary functions and other government business services provided to Plans. The Association provides additional services to DHHS through contracts with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) utilizing funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	131775634	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Of Other Program Service Grnt	0	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Of Other Program Service Rev	118220840	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceRev
Total Program Service Expense	387107908	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	0	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	0	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	1	PoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	1	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	0	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	1	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	0	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	1	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	1	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	0	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	1	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	1	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	1	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	0	School
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	0	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	0	Gaming
Hospital	0	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	1	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	0	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	0	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	0	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	0	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	1	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	1	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	0	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	0	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	0	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	1	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	1	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	1	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	0	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	1	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	296	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	1	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	1341	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	1	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	1	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	1	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	0	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	40	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	39	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	1	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	0	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	0	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	1	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	1	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	1	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	1	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	1	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	1	LocalChapters
Policies Reference Chapters	1	PoliciesReferenceChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	1	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	1	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	1	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	1	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	1	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	1	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	1	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	1	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	1	InvestmentInJointVenture
Written Policy Or Procedure	1	WrittenPolicyOrProcedure
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Robert J Kolodgy	NamePerson
Telephone Number	3122976462	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	225 North Michigan Avenue	AddressLine1
City	Chicago	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60601	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (72 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
Scott P Serota
President & CEO	40	X	X	4182231	0	1299845
Peter Andruszkiewiez
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Richard L Boals
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Bruce G Bodaken
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Angela Braly
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
HR Brereton Barlow
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Chester Burrell
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Denise S Cesare
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Timothy J Constantine
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Andrew C Corbin
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Tim J Crilly
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Andrew Dreyfus
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Paul von Ebers
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Ray Flachbart
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
John D Forsyth
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Mike Frank
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Mark B Ganz
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
David R Gentile
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Don George
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Patrick J Geraghty
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Vicky B Gregg
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Richard J Hale
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Patricia A Hemingway Hall
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Robert P Hiam
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Daniel J Hilferty
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Terry D Kellogg
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
David H Klein
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Scott D Kreiling
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
William Lehr Jr
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Daniel J Loepp
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Robert Lufrano MD
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
William J Marino
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Robert A Marino
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Steven S Martin
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Kenneth R Melani MD
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Alphonso ONeil-White
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
David S Pankau
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
M Carol Pigott
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
James E Purcell
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Michael Reitz
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Ramon M Ruiz-Comas
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Rick Schum
Boardmember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Pamela Wheelock
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
Mark White
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
J Bradley Wilson
BoardMember	1.7	X		0	0	0
William A Breskin
VP, Government Programs	40		X	310754	0	114574
Paul F Brown
VP, Venturing	40		X	161216	0	43579
William J Colbourne
SR VP, HR and Administration	40		X	494905	0	152706
Frank E Coyne Jr
VP, Operations & Ntl Programs	40		X	388154	0	133400
Kathy Didawick
VP, Political Affairs	40		X	296925	0	84197
John T Ericksen
VP, Federal Relations	40		X	422132	0	119948
Jena Estes
VP, Federal Employee Program	40		X	336274	0	111686
Alissa T Fox
SR VP, Policy & Representation	40		X	655344	0	184590
Stephen Gammarino
SR VP, National Programs	40		X	523038	0	188222
Paul Gerrard
VP, Strategic Communications	40		X	160549	0	9655
Justine Handelman
VP, Legislative & Regulatory Policy	40		X	314340	0	74137
Robert J Kolodgy
SR VP, Finance and CFO	40		X	522006	0	54912
Allan M Korn MD
SR VP, Chief Medical Officer	40		X	528270	0	140888
Shirley S Lady
VP, Enterprise Informatics/NDW	40		X	312276	0	108221
Scott Nehs
VP, Dep Gen Counsel Asst Sec	40		X	71786	0	6417
William B O'Loughlin
VP, Chief Technology Officer	40		X	364112	0	152899
Doug Porter
SR VP, Chief Information Officer	40		X	520173	0	190171
Cynthia Rolfe
VP, Consumer Brand Strategy	40		X	143397	0	10832
Maureen E Sullivan
SR VP, Strategic Services	40		X	558760	0	161920
Jennifer Vachon
VP, Brand Strategy & Marketing	40		X	320202	0	80222
Jody A Voss
VP, Strategic Business Services	40		X	292419	0	120033
Roger G Wilson
SR VP, Gen Counsel & Secretary	40		X	583569	0	184892
John Cerisano
Exec Dir, Policy & Representation	45			271402	0	70552	X
Carole R Flamm
Exec Med Dir, National Programs	40			314558	0	56378	X
Steven D Putziger
Exec Dir, Brand Protect & Finance	45			264650	0	108614	X
Mark A Talluto
Exec Dir, Strategic Services	45			272519	0	33624	X
David Yoder
Exec Dir, Int Care Mgmt	49			250724	0	47750	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	13836685	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	4044864	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	479	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	0	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	1	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	0	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation
World Access Service Corp
2805 N Parham Rd	Richmond	VA	23294	InterPlan Support	10257694
Hewlett-Packard Company
PO Box 281935	Atlanta	GA	303841935	Systems Consulting	5100469
Synovate Inc
3040 W Salt Creek LN	Arlington Heights	IL	60005	Health Care Surveys	4434631
Prophet Brand Strategy
150 Spear St	San Francisco	CA	94105	Brand Positioning	3601451
Blue Health Intelligence
225 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	IL	60601	Data Access Fees	3108526

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	104	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Total Contributions	0	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome	ExclusionExclusionAmount
BlueCard	900099	117596141	117596141	$0
Federal Employee Program	900099	101670618	101670618	$0
Other Services	900099	53612216	53612216	$0
Brand Enhance & Protection	900099	35660619	35660619	$0
Consulting & Misc Services	900099	27840336	27840336	$0

Total Oth Program Service Revenue TotalOthProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	54719885	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	37296855	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	17423030	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	391099815	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1180499	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$1,180,499	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Gross Rents GrossRents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	0	Real
Personal	0	Personal

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	0	Real
Personal	0	Personal

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	0	Real
Personal	0	Personal

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	6095024	Securities
Other	0	Other

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	5874465	Securities
Other	92327	Other

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	220559	Securities
Other	-92327	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	128232	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$128,232	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	0	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	0	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	0	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Gaming	0	GrossIncomeGaming
Gaming Direct Expenses	0	GamingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	0	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	0	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenue	ExclusionExclusionAmount
Service Fee Revenue	525990	210125	0	210125	$0
Partnership Pass Through Loss	900001	-393817	-386993	-6824	$0

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	-183692	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	392224854	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	373289792	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	17626331	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$1,308,731	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13663939	Total
Program Services	9975567	ProgramServices
Management And General	3688372	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	112562413	Total
Program Services	109464189	ProgramServices
Management And General	3098224	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14878305	Total
Program Services	8584488	ProgramServices
Management And General	6293817	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19519074	Total
Program Services	19043721	ProgramServices
Management And General	475353	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8241041	Total
Program Services	8018840	ProgramServices
Management And General	222201	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9611659	Total
Program Services	8503209	ProgramServices
Management And General	1108450	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1002439	Total
Program Services	1002439	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5223114	Total
Program Services	5223114	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	111616477	Total
Program Services	111123029	ProgramServices
Management And General	493448	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7779490	Total
Program Services	7771290	ProgramServices
Management And General	8200	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9217254	Total
Program Services	9045719	ProgramServices
Management And General	171535	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	31116128	Total
Program Services	30784123	ProgramServices
Management And General	332005	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11594706	Total
Program Services	11193347	ProgramServices
Management And General	401359	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5016862	Total
Program Services	4420553	ProgramServices
Management And General	596309	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4773003	Total
Program Services	4307349	ProgramServices
Management And General	465654	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	269456	Total
Program Services	244109	ProgramServices
Management And General	25347	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30098383	Total
Program Services	29887859	ProgramServices
Management And General	210524	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3347979	Total
Program Services	3319852	ProgramServices
Management And General	28127	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
Membership, Sponsorship, Gen'l Contributions	4447663	3717587	730076	0
Books & Periodicals	2038438	1973986	64452
Reduce Reserve for Gov't Audits	-494551	-496462	1911	0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	405523272	Total
Program Services	387107908	ProgramServices
Management And General	18415364	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1867596	BOY
EOY	544058	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	297410774	BOY
EOY	270161510	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	23836123	BOY
EOY	25371551	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	9696675	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9029184	BOY
EOY	8783774	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	86071388	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	58352725	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	30622673	BOY
EOY	27718663	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8286	BOY
EOY	15000	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	105715026	BOY
EOY	106021820	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	23669244	BOY
EOY	12275987	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8814544	BOY
EOY	16466705	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	500973450	BOY
EOY	477055743	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	75839180	BOY
EOY	78921901	EOY

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1651172	BOY
EOY	1447273	EOY

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiability

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	241931895	BOY
EOY	229822490	EOY

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	57384032	BOY
EOY	62578531	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	376806279	BOY
EOY	372770195	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	124167171	BOY
EOY	104285548	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	124167171	BOY
EOY	104285548	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	500973450	BOY
EOY	477055743	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-13298418	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-6583205	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	1	FSAudited
Audit Committee	1	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Political Expenditures	241351	PoliticalExpenditures
Volunteer Hours	0	VolunteerHours
Amt Expended For527 Activities	0	AmtExpendedFor527Activities
Amt Of Internal Funds Contributed	50000	AmtOfInternalFundsContributed
Total Exmpt Function Expenditures	50000	TotalExmptFunctionExpenditures
Form1120 Pol Filed	1	Form1120PolFiled

Sec527 Pol Orgs Sec527PolOrgs (2 entries)

Business Name Line2NameOf527Organization/BusinessNameLine2	Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EINEIN	Amt Pd From Internal FundsAmtPdFromInternalFunds	Amt Of Contribs Recd DeliveredAmtOfContribsRecdDelivered
Republican Governors
Association	1747 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 250	Washington	DC	20006	113655877	25000	0
Democratic Governor's
Association	1401 K Street NW Ste 200	Washington	DC	20005	521304889	25000	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct	0	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying	0	OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year	0	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear
Dues Assessments	83200000	DuesAssessments
Non Ded Lobby Political Current	12211810	NonDedLobbyPoliticalCurrent
Non Ded Lobby Political Carryover	0	NonDedLobbyPoliticalCarryover
Non Ded Lobby Political Total	12211810	NonDedLobbyPoliticalTotal
Aggr Amt Reported In Dues Notices	12211810	AggrAmtReportedInDuesNotices
Amount To Be Carried Over	0	AmountToBeCarriedOver
Taxable	$0	TaxableAmount

Form990 Schedule C Part IV Form990ScheduleCPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	SchC_P1A_S00_L01	Identifier
Return Reference	Schedule C, Part I-A, Line 1	ReturnReference
Explanation	The filing organization made contributions from the general treasury to three Section 527 political organizations and sponsored a separate segregated fund designated for exempt purposes	Explanation

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Agent Trustee Etc	0	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	1	IncludedOnFS

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	0	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	0	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	27700558	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	12144904	Depreciation
Book Value	15555654	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	58370830	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	46207821	Depreciation
Book Value	12163009	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	0	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	27718663	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Financial Derivatives FinancialDerivatives

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Book Value	0	BookValue

Closely Held Equity Interests CloselyHeldEquityInterests

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Book Value	0	BookValue

Other Securities OtherSecurities (6 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Book ValueBookValue	Method Of ValuationMethodOfValuation
Non Public Mutual Funds	61576269	C
Wells Fargo Mutual Funds (MNSGX)	30442474	F
1 share common, BSBSA Services, Inc.	13248382	C
6,993 Common, Health Intelligence Co, LLC	6993	C
206,889 Common, BCS Insurance Corp	210000	C
Invest in Affiliates <5%	537702	C

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Securities	106021820	TotalOfBookValueSecurities
Federal Income Tax Liability	0	FederalIncomeTaxLiability

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (6 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
Pension Liability	$26,748,528
Post Retirement Liability	$14,006,607
Unsecured Note to Related Parties	$9,897,555
Lease Liability	$9,516,908
Other Benefits	$2,233,822
Interest Payable	$175,111

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	62578531	TotalOfAmounts

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
SchD_P04_S00_L02b	Schedule D, Part IV, Line 2b	The Association holds funds as agent for its member Plans under arrangements covering its Blue Card and Federal Employee Programs.
SchD_P10_S00_L02	Schedule D, Part X, Line 2	In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASC 740-10-25 "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes," which clarifies the accounting and disclosure for uncertainty in tax positions, as defined. ASC 740-10-25 seeks to reduce the diversity in practice associated with certain aspects of the recognition and measurement related to accounting for income taxes. Under ASC 740-10-25, an organization must recognize the tax benefit associated with tax positions taken for tax return purposes when it is more-likely-than-not that the position will be sustained. The Association does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that should be recorded. No interest or penalties were recorded or included in the consolidated statement of activities for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. The Association is open to examination by taxing authorities from fiscal year 2008 forward.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter Travel	X	FirstClassOrCharterTravel
Written Policy Re T And E Expenses	1	WrittenPolicyReTAndEExpenses
Substantiation Required	1	SubstantiationRequired
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Independent Consultant	X	IndependentConsultant
Form990 Of Other Organizations	X	Form990OfOtherOrganizations
Written Employment Contract	X	WrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	1	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	0	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	0	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	0	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	0	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	1	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (27 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Comp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgs	Bonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrg	Bonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgs	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrg	Other Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgs	Deferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrg	Deferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgs	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Nontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg	Total Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgs	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrg	Comp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
Scott P Serota
925271	0	2518223	0	738737	0	1266611	0	33235	0	5482077	0	1412105	0
William A Breskin
230547	0	66700	0	13506	0	92281	0	22293	0	425327	0	0	0
Paul F Brown
75855	0	75000	0	10361	0	36465	0	7114	0	204795	0	0	0
William J Colbourne
291592	0	135000	0	68313	0	133971	0	18735	0	647611	0	0	0
Frank E Coyne Jr
244472	0	88000	0	55683	0	107267	0	26133	0	521555	0	0	0
Kathy Didawick
217003	0	73500	0	6422	0	69024	0	15173	0	381122	0	0	0
John T Ericksen
254750	0	97000	0	70382	0	98211	0	21737	0	542080	0	0	0
Jena Estes
233028	0	65000	0	38246	0	91040	0	20646	0	447960	0	0	0
Alissa T Fox
359912	0	160000	0	135432	0	153773	0	30817	0	839934	0	0	0
Stephen Gammarino
332440	0	140000	0	50598	0	170097	0	18126	0	711261	0	0	0
Paul Gerrard
127456	0	0	0	33093	0	1385	0	8270	0	170204	0	0	0
Justine Handelman
235121	0	73500	0	5719	0	52145	0	21992	0	388477	0	0	0
Robert J Kolodgy
366360	0	150000	0	5646	0	31200	0	23712	0	576918	0	0	0
Allan M Korn MD
341287	0	130000	0	56983	0	122305	0	18583	0	669158	0	0	0
Shirley S Lady
209330	0	81400	0	21546	0	95231	0	12991	0	420498	0	0	0
William B O'Loughlin
257980	0	101000	0	5132	0	124346	0	28553	0	517011	0	0	0
Doug Porter
347359	0	170000	0	2814	0	172321	0	17850	0	710344	0	0	0
Cynthia Rolfe
142524	0	0	0	873	0	3231	0	7601	0	154229	0	0	0
Maureen E Sullivan
342337	0	160000	0	56423	0	135702	0	26218	0	720680	0	0	0
Jennifer Vachon
215145	0	87100	0	17957	0	59063	0	21159	0	400424	0	0	0
Jody A Voss
210393	0	78900	0	3126	0	97089	0	22945	0	412453	0	0	0
Roger G Wilson
380325	0	160000	0	43244	0	160640	0	24252	0	768461	0	0	0
John Cerisano
206840	0	60000	0	4562	0	47072	0	23480	0	341954	0	0	0
Carole R Flamm
243148	0	51000	0	20410	0	42860	0	13519	0	370937	0	0	0
Steven D Putziger
201409	0	62000	0	1240	0	83410	0	25204	0	373263	0	0	0
Mark A Talluto
204936	0	65500	0	2083	0	18216	0	15408	0	306143	0	0	0
David Yoder
187329	0	62400	0	995	0	28327	0	19423	0	298474	0	0	0

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
SchJ_P01_S00_L01a	Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a	As an organization serving a system of locally based independent Plans offering health insurance in all 50 States, DC and Puerto Rico, the Association's officers are expected to maintain an unusually demanding travel schedule. Accordingly, a committee of the Association's Board comprised of independent Plan executives has established CEO travel policies designed to assure the organization is able to meet his travel commitments, including travel to underserved regional destinations. These policies include the use of first class travel on scheduled commercial flights under certain limited circumstances.
SchJ_P01_S00_L03	Schedule J, Part I, Line 3	The compensation of the CEO and the continued retention of his services are approved each year by a committee of the Association's Board comprised of independent Plan executives. That committee acts after deliberations based upon advice from a qualified independent compensation consulting firm. The consultant's advice and those deliberations include a review of the results of the independent consultant's research regarding compensation paid by other organizations for officers serving in capacities comparable to that of the Association's CEO. Each year this committee's decisions are reported to the full Board during a regularly scheduled meeting. The Board deliberates on both matters. Extension of the period of the CEO's service requires action by the full Board. The compensation determinations of the committee stand approved unless the Board exercises its inherent prerogative to modify the committee's compensation decisions. The same committee of independent Plan executives annually receives the CEO's recommendations regarding the compensation to be paid to the officers. As with the CEO's compensation, the deliberations of this committee and its decisions to approve or modify the CEO's recommendation are based upon the results of an independent consultant's market research regarding comparable officer pay and the independent consultant's advice.
SchJ_P01_S00_L04	Schedule J, Part I, Line 4	As required by the instructions to Form 990, Schedule J, Part II, a hypothetical SERP accrual was calculated for each reportable person who was eligible to participate in that program. The accrual amounts were determined using the Association's best estimate of the accrual using the methodology specified in the instructions to Schedule J. Because vested accruals under the SERP are currently taxed based on a different methodology and the instructions to Schedule J specify that amounts reported in columns B(i) through B(iii) should not be reported again in column C or D, the amount of imputed SERP income reported in column B(iii) was subtracted in each case and the balance of the hypothetical accrual was included in column C for the applicable reportable persons as follows: William A. Breskin - 32,680.32; Paul F Brown - 6,473.19; William J Colbourne - 42,939.57; Frank E Coyne Jr - 11,153.59 ; Kathy Didawick - 11,431.38; John T Ericksen - 7,970.57; Jena Estes - 12,544.95; Alissa T Fox - 67,421.34; Justine Handleman - 10,937.75; Allan M Korn, MD - 30,950.13; Shirley S Lady - 9,937.23; William B O'Loughlin - 38,428.91; Doug Porter - 109,852.95; Maureen E Sullivan - 56,625.45; Jennifer Vachon - 6,887.54; Jody A Voss - 36,659.16; Roger G Wilson - 63,345.60; John Cerisano - 7,962.58; Steven D Putziger - 30,106.22 and Scott Serota - 269,035.87. The combined total of imputed SERP included in column C = $863,344.30
SchJ_P01_S00_L07	Schedule J, Part I, Line 7	The Association maintains an Association wide annual performance bonus program that assures a portion of employees' annual compensation is contingent upon the attainment of pre-approved organizational performance goals, as weighted by the performance measurement process that evaluates each individual employee's efforts. Officers, like all employees, are eligible to participate in this program. The performance goals and the budget for this bonus program are approved each year by the Association's Board based upon recommendations from a Board committee consisting of independent Plan executives. Moreover, the performance assessment judgments and the approval of actual payouts require approval by that committee. The CEO also participates in a Long Term Incentive Bonus program. As with the regular performance bonus program, payouts under the Long Term Incentive Program reflect the extent to which preestablished performance goals are reached. However, unlike the annual performance bonus program, the Long Term Incentive program operates on a multi-year cycle to assure that the CEO has incentives that look beyond the immediate year. This program, the performance measurements and the assessment of the achievement of those goals and the resulting payout amounts are all approved by the same Board committee described above and reported to the full Board. The committee's deliberations regarding the establishment of the program, the selection of the performance factors and assessment of performance all include consultation and recommendation from a qualified independent compensation consultant based upon a market study of comparable programs for comparable executives.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV (9 entries)

RelationshipRelationship	Amount Of TransactionAmountOfTransaction	Description Of TransactionDescriptionOfTransaction	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenues
F Ruiz
Directors Family Member	71594	Employee Salary	0
Health Intelligence Co LLC
Officer - Vendors Officer	14682564	Receipts - Contract Fees	0
Health Intelligence Co LLC
Officer - Vendors Officer	3388189	Payment for Services	0
Consortium Health Plans Inc
Director-Vendors Director	2432106	Payment for Services	0
BCS Insurance Company
Officer-Vendors Director	671720	Payment for Insurance	0
BCBS Venture Partners II LP
Officer - Vendors Director	430039	Receipts for Services	0
BCS Life Insurance Co
Officer-Vendors Director	357849	Receipts for Services	0
NASCO LLC
Officer-Vendors Director	320492	Receipts for Services	0
BCBS Venture Partners LP
Officer - Vendors Director	314373	Receipts for Services	0

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	SchL_P04_S00_L00	Identifier
Return Reference	Schedule L, Part IV	ReturnReference
Explanation	Contracting with vendors, of which officers or board members listed in Part VII are also officers or board members of the vendor, are subject to an independent competitive bidding process.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (10 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
F990_P03_S00_L03	Form 990, Part III, Line 3	The nature of the National Data Warehouse (NDW) product and services defined in prior reporting periods did not significantly change; however, the manner in which products and services are delivered to the end user has changed. Effective January 1, 2011, products and services previously provided directly to participating members of the association are now provided to an independent for profit company who in turn resells these products and services to both association members and non-association members.
F990_P06_S0A_L02	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2	Various BCBSA Board members (directors) also sit on the board of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association affiliates
F990_P06_S0A_L06	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6	Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has thirty nine (39) independent member health care plan licensees operating in specified domestic service areas
F990_P06_S0A_L07a	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a	The governing body approves a nominating committee to oversee governing body elections
F990_P06_S0A_L07b	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b	Governing body decisions are approved according to the by-laws of the corporation
F990_P06_S0B_L11b	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	Form 990's content and sources of information are reviewed by subject matter experts including, but not limited to, internal and external tax and accounting professionals and internal legal personnel. A copy of form 990 is presented to the board prior to filing.
F990_P06_S0B_L12c	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	BCBSA maintains a comprehensive code of conduct and compliance program applicable to all employees and officers. In addition, all employees, officers, and board members are required to complete an annual conflict of interest form. The BCBSA Chief Auditor and Compliance Officer is charged with investigating any allegations of non-compliance with the code of conduct, including any complaints reported through the anonymous hot-line maintained through an independent organization. The results of the compliance program's effectiveness are reported to the audit committee of the Board of Directors on an annual basis. Failure to adhere to the code of conduct may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
F990_P06_S0B_L15	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15	The compensation of the CEO and the continued retention of his services are approved each year by a committee of the Association's Board comprised of independent Plan executives. That committee acts after deliberations based upon advice from a qualified independent compensation consulting firm. The consultant's advice and those deliberations include a review of the results of the independent consultant's research regarding compensation paid by other organizations for officers serving in capacities comparable to that of the Association's CEO. Each year this committee's decisions are reported to the full Board during a regularly scheduled meeting. The Board deliberates on both matters. Extension of the period of the CEO's service requires action by the full Board. The compensation determinations of the committee stand approved unless the Board exercises its inherent prerogative to modify the committee's compensation decisions. The same committee of independent Plan executives annually receives the CEO's recommendations regarding the compensation to be paid to the officers. As with the CEO's compensation, the deliberations of this committee and its decisions to approve or modify the CEO's recommendation are based upon the results of an independent consultant's market research regarding comparable officer pay and the independent consultant's advice.
F990_P06_S0C_L19	Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	The Association complies with all applicable public disclosure requirements. Thus, for example, members of the public may request an opportunity to review the Association's Form 990 for the past three years or to make a copy by sending a written request or appearing in person at its principal office or any of its other locations. The Association's favorable determination letter regarding its tax exempt status and materials comprising its exemption application are also available in this manner. If the Association's governing documents (articles of incorporation and bylaws) and conflict of interest policy are subject to applicable federal or state public disclosure requirements, those documents will be made publicly available as applicable law may require. For example, Form 990 filings may include bylaw amendments and those amendments will be made available as noted above. Otherwise, the governing documents and conflict of interest policy will be provided to the public at the discretion of the Association's management.
F990_P11_S00_L05	Form 990, Part XI, Line 5	ASC 715, Other Comprehensive Income from Pension Plan Obligation = ($7,163,487) + $149,995 unrealized gain + $146,667 subsidiary gross receipts -($393,817) 2011 Pass Through Loss -$210,124 Service Fee Revenue -($139) Sub Loss on Sale of Assets + $99,788 Prior Period Misclassifications = $6,583,205

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII (2 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivities	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileState	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSection	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatus	Direct Controlling Entity NADirectControllingEntityNA	Controlled OrgControlledOrg
Health Services Foundation
225 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	IL	60601	237011867	Education,Research	IL	501(c)(3)	9	N/A	0
BC and BS Foundation on Health Care
225 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	IL	60601	237164980	Education,Research	IL	501(c)(3)	9	N/A	0

Form990 Schedule R Part IV Form990ScheduleRPartIV

Name Of Related Org NameOfRelatedOrg

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BCBSA Services Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	225 North Michigan Avenue	AddressLine1
City	Chicago	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60601	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	364176277	EIN
Primary Activity	Int'l Licensing	PrimaryActivity
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileState
Direct Controlling Entity NA	N/A	DirectControllingEntityNA
Type Of Entity	C	TypeOfEntity
Share Of Total Income	-63458	ShareOfTotalIncome
Share Of EOY Assets	44462	ShareOfEOYAssets
Percentage Ownership	1	PercentageOwnership

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties	1	ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org	0	GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org	0	GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org	0	SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org	0	PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets	0	ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs	0	RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs	0	PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities	0	SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees	0	SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org	0	OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org	0	OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable

Name Of Other Organization NameOfOtherOrganization

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BCBSA Services Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	a-iv	TransactionType
Amount Involved	210125	AmountInvolved
Method Of Amt Determination	Actual cost plus markup	MethodOfAmtDetermination