The Berliners started Amyâs Kitchen, named for their daughter, with a frozen pot pie in 1987. The Petaluma-based company now employs nearly 1,600 people and sells about 140 vegetarian products, as well as Kosher, gluten-free and other special diet products.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) was approved to offer, effective Jan. 1, 2013, a Medicare Advantage preferred provider plan that offers improved health benefits for Medicare beneficiaries.
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: PRIVATE HEALTH PLANS IN MEDICARE 3 Types of Medicare Advantage Plans About 80 percent of beneficiaries currently enrolled in the Medicare Advantage program are in health mainte-nance organizations (HMOs) or preferred provider organizations (PPOs). Both HMOs and PPOs have comprehensive networks of providers, but PPOs allow