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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

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.  Show more »
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.  « Show less

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    May 21, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  1. Activists seek inquiry into health insurers' consolidation

    Health care activists on Wednesday urged the Justice Department to open a wide-ranging investigation into consolidation and a lack of competition among health insurers, which they blame for soaring premiums in recent years. Health Care for America Now,...

    Tags: Private Health Care, Medical Services, Government Health Care, Insurance

  2. May 10, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  3. Ex-CEO of CareFirst testifies

    Sun reporter
    CareFirst 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: Employment, Lawyers, Missing in Action, CEO Pay, Wars and Interventions

  4. Oct 20, 2005 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  5. Bromwell was among state's most powerful

    Sun Reporter
    In 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: Private Health Care, Michael E Busch, Parliament, Thomas L Bromwell, Government Health Care

  6. Nov 2, 2006 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  7. 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: Insurance, Bankruptcy, Healthcare Provider

  8. Jan 27, 2005 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  9. Redmer lays HMO cost rise to Democrats

    Sun Staff
    Rebuffing 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: Laws, Executive Branch, Coventry Health Care Inc., Parliament, Government Health Care

  10. Apr 8, 2003 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  11. Assembly welds 'nonprofit' to CareFirst

    Sun Staff
    The 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: Laws, Thomas M Middleton, Parliament, Upper House, Lobbying

  12. May 5, 2003 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  13. Driver's license bill veto is urged

    Sun Staff
    The 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: Laws, Executive Branch, Demonstration, Parliament, Health Organizations

  14. Jan 5, 2005 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  15. Physicians urge governor not to veto malpractice bill

    Sun Staff
    After 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: Laws, Executive Branch, Parliament, Government Health Care, Health Organizations

  16. May 15, 2003 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  17. CareFirst asks Ehrlich to veto reform plan

    Sun Staff
    A 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: Laws, Executive Branch, Constitutional Issues, Employees, John Adams Hurson

  18. May 20, 2003 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  19. Pressure rises on CareFirst decision

    Sun Staff
    Maryland'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: Laws, Executive Branch, Michael E Busch, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Thomas V. Mike Miller

  20. Jan 30, 2004 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  21. Byron seeks to restore Assembly's faith in CareFirst

    Sun Staff
    CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield's new board chair promised Maryland lawmakers yesterday that she will work to restore their faith in the nonprofit insurer. "I'm committed to restoring the legislative trust that was there for so many years for this...

    Tags: Laws, Private Health Care, Johns Hopkins University, Health and Safety at School, Government Health Care

  22. May 15, 2005 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  23. Salary comparisons difficult to make for CareFirst's chief

    Sun Staff
    CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is a nonprofit - except that it pays taxes unlike a charity, competes with for-profit insurers, tried to convert to a for-profit itself and is currently promoting its charitable efforts to stave off critics. Got that? If...

    Tags: Charity, Health Treatments, Corporate Officers, Private Health Care, Coventry Health Care Inc.

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