Summary
The BlueCross and BlueShield association is a national organization of 39 independent, regionally-based and locally-owned health insurance companies. In the Mid-Atlantic, the health care provider is known as CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which is based in Owings Mills, Md., in Baltimore County. CareFirst is the largest health insurance provider in the region and employs more than 5,400. Collectively, the BlueCross and BlueShield health system provides coverage to more than 99 million people nationwide, or more than one in three Americans. It ranks among the 20 largest employers in the United States.
The BlueCross and BlueShield association is a national organization of 39 independent, regionally-based and locally-owned health insurance companies. In the Mid-Atlantic, the health care provider is known as CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which is based in Owings Mills, Md., in Baltimore County. CareFirst is the largest health insurance provider in the region and employs more than 5,400. Collectively, the BlueCross and BlueShield health system provides coverage to more than 99 million people nationwide, or more than one in three Americans. It ranks among the 20 largest employers in the United States.
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Medicaid reaches more
Sun reporterAs one of thousands of uninsured Marylanders, Adamantious Boulis put off trips to the doctor to treat his diabetes and colon cancer because he knew he wouldn't be able to pay the medical bills. Now he is faced with more medical problems - yesterday, he...Tags: Private Health Care, Poverty, Casino and Gambling, Prescription Drugs, Medicine
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Where the money isn't
Sun reporterDr. Ronald Sroka has been a family care physician in the same Crofton location for 30 years, just six miles from where he grew up. He's the president-elect of the Maryland State Medical Society, he was voted favorite physician last year in the local...Tags: Health Organizations, Crofton, Health and Safety at School, Medicine, Peter A Hammen
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Md. PSC chief to step down
Sun reporterSteven B. Larsen, who took over the Maryland Public Service Commission with a mandate to lower utility bills, is leaving the panel before finishing a yearlong quest to reregulate the industry, a source close to the O'Malley administration said yesterday....Tags: Prosecution, Court Administration, Energy, Health and Safety at School, Litigation and Regulation
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Larsen made progress, but more work remains
In what proved to be his grand finale as Public Service Commission chairman, Steven B. Larsen filed a 212-page salvo last week petitioning federal regulators to cut wholesale electricity prices in in Maryland and a dozen other states. "The No. 1 priority...Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Executive Branch, Insurance, Prices, Electricity Production and Distribution
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YouthWorks seeks 120 more jobs
Sun reporterMayor Sheila Dixon's administration has met its goal of finding summer jobs for 6,500 students this year but is still seeking commitments from local businesses to secure positions for about 120 young people, city officials said yesterday. With weeks...Tags: Private Health Care, School Supplies, Health Treatments, Health and Safety at School, Druid Hill
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Governor signs final bundle of bills
Sun reporterAt his final bill-signing ceremony, Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation yesterday to provide prescription-drug subsidies for seniors, give workers more flexibility with sick leave, and bring transparency to what is expected to be a well-funded fight...Tags: Executive Branch, Labor Legislation, Veterans Affairs, Political Candidates, People
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Cycling event draws a big crowd
Sun ReporterRion Durkan, 5, clapped enthusiastically as the 125 professional cyclists rounded the corner and sped by. A big grin spread across the face of the Catonsville youngster 10 laps into the 40-mile race. "It's good to go fast!" Rion exclaimed while propped...Tags: Charter Schools, Health and Safety at School, Cycling, Johns Hopkins University
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Regulation: Blues pay hearing resumes next week
A hearing to examine whether the former chief executive of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield was awarded an excessively large retirement and severance package will resume next Friday, Maryland's insurance commissioner ruled yesterday. Lawyers for CareFirst...Tags: Insurance
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Ex-CEO of CareFirst testifies
Sun reporterCareFirst BlueCross BlueShield's former chief executive defended his $17.65 million retirement and severance pay yesterday, and denied accusations by regulators that his sole focus as CEO was boosting profits. William L. Jews, who became a lightning...Tags: Missing in Action, Wages and Pensions, Employment, Corporate Officers, Interior Policy
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Health exec's payout eyed
Sun reporterWilliam L. Jews, who was fiercely criticized by legislators when he tried to engineer the sale of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, is expected to appear before insurance regulators tomorrow to defend a $17.65 million severance and retirement package that...Tags: Wage Contract Issues, Wages and Pensions, Employment, Interior Policy, Insurance
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