Highlights
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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Premium costs make health care reform's 'public option' seem reasonable
Joining employers across Maryland who are feeling another year of health-insurance pain, Groove Commerce will see its medical premiums rise 20 percent on Sept. 1. The 10-person online marketing firm is less than three years old. CEO Ethan Giffin is...Tags: Symptoms, Insurance, Medical Services, Clubs and Associations, Employees
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Feeding frenzy in Washington
Politicians and regulators are swarming CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield again, this time in Washington. By the end of the month, the D.C. insurance commissioner could order CareFirst to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on unspecified "community...Tags: Investments, Georgetown, Insurance, Walter Smith, Citigroup Incorporated
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No lights off, Hale asks
Developer and banker Edwin F. Hale Sr. is asking a Baltimore court to stop Constellation Energy, the parent of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., from shutting off the lights of First Mariner Tower and 15 tenants occupying the Canton Crossing building.
It...Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Court Administration, First Mariner Bancorp, Plant Openings, Constellation Energy Group
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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: Wars and Interventions, Interior Policy, Insurance, Employment, CEO Pay
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Carefirst timeline
1993 -- William L. Jews, a former hospital executive, takes over Blue Cross of Maryland in 1993, when it was on the brink of insolvency. He is credited with stabilizing its finances. 1995 -- Blue Cross makes its first effort to reorganize and create a...Tags: Bankruptcy, Insurance, Healthcare Provider
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Bromwell was among state's most powerful
Sun ReporterIn Annapolis, Thomas L. Bromwell invariably sported a huge gold ring he described as "big and gaudy and loud" - much like himself. A big man with a thick Bawlamer accent, the former tavern owner from Perry Hall was a colorful and imposing figure during...Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Political Candidates, Upper House, Lobbying, Parliament
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Redmer lays HMO cost rise to Democrats
Sun StaffRebuffing partisan calls for his resignation, state Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer Jr. defended yesterday his handling of requests from insurers to pass on a recently approved 2 percent HMO tax to consumers, saying he is following the procedure...Tags: Upper House, Parliament, Executive Branch, Laws, Consumers
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Assembly welds 'nonprofit' to CareFirst
Sun StaffThe long and bitter battle over the direction of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield ended last night when the Maryland General Assembly unanimously approved legislation that locks the insurer's nonprofit mission into law. The Senate vote was 46-0. The...Tags: Shane E Pendergrass, Insurance, Upper House, Lobbying, Parliament
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Driver's license bill veto is urged
Sun StaffThe annual campaign by interest groups to persuade Maryland's governor to sign -- or veto -- legislation sitting on his desk is taking an unusually emotional twist this spring. In a radio spot airing statewide, a father who lost his son Sept. 11, 2001,...Tags: Migration, Upper House, Parliament, Executive Branch, Minority Groups
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Physicians urge governor not to veto malpractice bill
Sun StaffAfter fighting alongside Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. for malpractice reform, leaders of the state's doctors and hospitals stepped away from the governor yesterday, urging him not to veto the malpractice bill passed by the General Assembly last week....Tags: Upper House, Parliament, Executive Branch, Laws, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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CareFirst asks Ehrlich to veto reform plan
Sun StaffA legislative reform of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is in danger of being discarded as the health insurer yesterday threatened dire consequences that would disrupt service to its 3.2 million customers. Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. must decide by...Tags: Executive Branch, Employees, Wellpoint Health Networks Incorporated, Laws, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Pressure rises on CareFirst decision
Sun StaffMaryland's top two legislative leaders vigorously urged Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. yesterday to sign CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield reform legislation, and House Speaker Michael E. Busch predicted he would do just that. "From everything we hear, he is...Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Insurance, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Healthcare Provider
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