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Md. Senate committee considers complicated health care changes
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 […]
CareFirst offers $1.5 million to help fight opioid crisis
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield will offer $1.5 million over two years to help find new clinical methods of addressing opioid use disorders surrounding the state’s opioid epidemic, the organization announced Wednesday at a […]
Md., insurers say amended rate-hike plans would have limited impact
Decisions made by the Maryland’s insurers and regulators could prevent most consumers from being significantly affected by President Donald Trump‘s decision to stop paying cost-sharing reduction subsidies to insurance companies. […]
CareFirst CEO says Trump halt of subsidies sabotages health care market
President Donald Trump‘s decision to stop paying cost-sharing reduction subsidies to health insurers participating in the Affordable Care Act’s individual markets added a late element of chaos as the open […]
CareFirst to try out prostate test as part of technology deal
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield will be trying out a prostate test as part of its initiative to work with small, early-stage companies on new technologies and advances in health care.
Anne Arundel Medical Center and CareFirst reach agreement
Anne Arundel Medical Center and CareFirst have reached an agreement in their public dispute over reimbursement rates. The hospital and the insurer will sign a new three-year contract effective Sept. […]
CareFirst asks for 50 percent Md. rate increase in 2018
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield announced that it requested 50 percent rate increases for the individual market in Maryland for 2018 just hours after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that […]
CareFirst faces potential class-action suit over data breach
Following a May data hack that may have compromised the personal information of as many as 1.1 million people, CareFirst Inc. and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield have now been hit with […]
Does CareFirst’s dominance hurt consumers?
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield still dominates the Maryland health exchange. But what’s that mean for consumers’ pockets? And what about for physicians?
CareFirst remains dominant on exchange, but gap is shrinking
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has easily managed to remain the dominant insurer on the Maryland health exchange,though new competitors have picked up some business.
Kaiser, CareFirst top rankings
Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States and CareFirst CFMI came out on top among consumers in a rating of health benefit plans in the Maryland Health Care Commission’s 2014 Quality […]
Loewe promoted at GKV
Jessica Loewe has been promoted at GKV to vice president, associate media director.
