Chet Burrell says retirement is not going to stop him from finding ways to reduce the costs of chronic diseases and other expensive maladies. The CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield president and CEO will step down at the end of the month after ...

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Staying within the company, the board of CareFirst, Inc. has named Brian D. Pieninck president and CEO of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield beginning July 1. Pieninck, who currently serves as the company’s chief operating officer, will succeed Chet Burrell, who will retire at ...

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Insurers on Maryland’s individual health exchange are proposing to raise their rates by an average of more than 30 percent, as hopes for stabilizing the market increasingly depend on the state’s application for a reinsurance program.  The increasing rates could ...

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Maryland wants a reinsurance program to stabilize the individual market and lower premiums, but one of the exchange’s two remaining insurers fears the state’s application could further destabilize the market, forcing it to raise rates next year and to reconsider ...

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The board of trustees of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange has approved parameters for an application for a reinsurance waiver from the federal government, opening the door to lowering rates for the 2019 plan year on the individual health exchange. The ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan approved one reinsurance bill adopted by the legislature and a second reinsurance bill gained final passage Thursday, but these measures likely remain short-term solutions to the state’s individual health insurance market woes. A reinsurance program will likely ...

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A phishing attack targeting a CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield employee may have compromised the personal information of up to 6,800 members, including personally identifiable information, the company said Friday. Through a compromised email, members’ names, identification numbers and dates of birth ...

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Maryland’s uninsured rate under the Affordable Care Act has dropped to 6 percent, but people who make too much money for tax credits have found themselves on the outside. Susan and Jeff Frangione lost well-paying jobs with good benefits during ...

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Maryland’s leaders are asking the state’s congressional delegation to help find solutions to stabilize the individual health insurance market. In a letter, Gov. Larry Hogan, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House Speaker Michael E. Busch asked Congress ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers were still making changes to a bill designed to stabilize the individual health insurance market hours before a hearing Wednesday, demonstrating the complexity of finding a solution to federal health care changes. Late changes to a ...

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