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In retirement, Burrell still aspires to lower chronic disease costs
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 […]
Before reinsurance, significant premium increases sought on Md. individual market
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 […]
Experts say Md.’s new reinsurance initiative a short-term fix
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 […]
Md. consumers without subsidies left behind in ACA debate
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Rate hike requests will test future of Md. health insurance exchange
High rate increase requests have left health insurance regulators in Maryland with this challenge: At a time when insurers are pulling out of the individual markets in state after state, […]
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 […]
