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Michael Silver & Company, founded in 1944, is an accounting and business consulting firm. It offers a variety of legal solutions to clients, including internal audit, financial consultation, tax, financial planning, litigation support, fraud examination, and business valuation. The practice areas of the firm include mergers and acquisitions, litigation, real estate, banking and corporate, budgeting and forecasting, leasing studies, and pension preparation. It also practices debt restructuring, business and consumer bankruptcy, creditor's rights, medical and legal malpractice, cash flow, and insurance analysis. The firm serves clients, including educational institutions, investment and law firms, automobile, aviation, construction, health care, leasing, retail, and manufacturing industries. The firm has various departments that include audit, tax and computer consulting. Michael Silver & Company is headquartered in Skokie, Ill.

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, also known as BCBSA, is a national federation of more than 35 independent, community-based, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies. The agency offers health care coverage plans for over 100 million people. It is one of the oldest and largest providers of health benefits policies in the United States. With a staff of nearly 850 employees, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has operations in the U.S. states and Canada. Its BlueCard Program enables members to obtain healthcare services while traveling. In addition, the agency operates an evaluation center the conducts evidence-based assessments for clinical technologies.