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CareFirst gives $6.225M to Coppin State for health care initiatives
CareFirst donated $6.2M to Coppin State University to boost health care access, train professionals and support underserved communities in Maryland.
1501 Health announces second cohort, featuring one Baltimore company
1501 Health, a Baltimore-based incubator for health care innovators, Wednesday announced the seven members of its second cohort, which includes one Maryland company. The incubator, which launched last year, is […]
Md. legislators want more information on insurance rate-setting process
State legislators will seek a deeper understanding of what goes into the insurance rate-setting process as the legislature this year tackles high health insurance premiums on the individual market. Bills […]
Signups on Md. exchange increase as open enrollment nears midpoint
Despite significant turmoil this year, the 2018 open enrollment period of Maryland’s health exchange has seen an increase in signups from last year’s open enrollment period, just days before the […]
Md. regulator approves increased health insurance rates for 2018
Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer Wednesday approved amended rates for the 2018 insurance market that will increase premiums for silver-level plans of the state’s health exchange as a result of […]
CareFirst says patient-centered model is reducing costs
Using a patient-centered managed care model to manage chronic conditions, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has managed to slow health care cost growth to less than 4 percent over the past three years, […]
Burrell to retire from CareFirst next year
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield President and CEO Chet Burrell will retire from the insurer next year, the company announced Friday. Burrell has held the role with the company since December 2007 […]
Significantly higher insurance premiums approved for 2018 on Md. health exchange
Marylanders insured through the individual health exchange will see substantially higher premiums in 2018, though not as high as insurers wanted, after Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer approved final rates […]
Md. health insurance rate hike requests drawing painstaking review
Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer expects to make a long-anticipated decision by Friday on substantial rate increases on the individual market requested by Maryland’s health insurers. The insurance commissioner has […]
CareFirst open letter highlights dispute with Anne Arundel Medical Center
The head of CareFirst Thursday fired back at officials of Anne Arundel Medical Center after the hospital announced publicly that it was seeking to end its contract with the insurer over […]
Anne Arundel Medical announces intention to terminate contract with CareFirst
(UPDATED AT 7 p.m.): Anne Arundel Medical Center will terminate its contract with CareFirst if the insurer does not increase proposed reimbursement rates, the system announced Monday. Termination would make the […]
Turmoil on Maryland’s health insurance exchange
One Maryland insurer dropped out of the Maryland individual health insurance market, another projected double-digit enrollment declines and two more refiled to ask for rate increases higher than previously requested […]
