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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.
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.
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Students, need a summer job? Here's help
The White House, Department of Labor and others have announced an update on a program to get companies, cities and federal agencies to commit to youths for the summer. Employers have agreed to hire tens of thousands of young people. To find internships...Tags: AOL LLC, Charity, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Employment
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Maryland hospital rates to tick upward
Patients and their insurers won't see much of a difference in hospital bills in the next year, as the state rate-setting panel decided to adopt a plan favored by the hospitals that holds payments "to a near-freeze level." In a close vote, the Maryland...
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State audits Maryland Health Insurance Plan
The agency that oversees the state's health plan for those uninsured because of preexisting conditions, paid a vendor nearly $367,000 for information technology services without proving that the contract was chosen through a competitive bidding process, a...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Insurance, Health Insurance, Drugs and Medicines, Health
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Campaign to highlight options for uninsured
For those who have heart disease, cancer, diabetes or another condition, buying health insurance can be impossible.
"I was denied, denied, denied," said Jamie Engels, a 29-year-old Baltimore woman with a kidney disorder, about applying for private...Tags: Heart Disease, Politics, Private Health Care, Health, Healthcare Policies
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Center Middle Student honored for fundraising efforts
Anne Arundel County eighth-grader Victoria Marinzel is not one for the spotlight. After Gov. Martin O'Malley surprised her at a school assembly Monday with a Compassionate Marylander Award and a Governor's Citation, he asked the Central Middle School...Tags: Education, Politics, Anne Arundel County, Regional Authority, Charity
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Bill to allow fees for fire response gets chilly reception
andrews@herald-mail.comA bill that would allow Washington County’s volunteer fire and rescue companies to bill for services ran into resistance Thursday from representatives of insurance companies. Some members of the House Health and Government Operations Committee also...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Advanced Life Support, Insurance, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Health
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Bill that would have allowed county volunteer fire, rescue companies to bill for services is withdrawn
julieg@herald-mail.comA state bill that would have allowed Washington County’s volunteer fire and rescue companies to bill for services has been withdrawn from consideration. According to an email from Del. Andrew Serafini, R-Washington, the bill and a similar one in...Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, Insurance, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Justice System
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Fair treatment for all cancer patients
Our lawmakers in Annapolis have an opportunity to eliminate a significant disparity in access to chemotherapy for the thousands of Marylanders treated for cancer each year. The access issue is one of cost and the difference in how much insurance companies...Tags: Oncology, Biotechnology, Science and Technology, Medical Specialization, Justice System
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Annapolis woman pleads guilty to $2.6 million frauds
An Annapolis woman pleaded guilty Friday to using false identities to bilk banks, Social Security and private and public insurers of $2.6 million, prosecutors said. From 2005 though 2009, Winnie Joanne Barefoot, 57, used stolen identities to take out...Tags: Corporate Crime, Prosecution, Insurance, Fraud, Annapolis
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Business Briefs - Jan. 1
Tractor Supply Co. BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Construction is under way on two new Tractor Supply Co. stores in the Tri-State area. The Frederick, Md., store will be in a former RV dealer space at 7631 Devilbiss Bridge Road, and will employ 12 to 17...Tags: Companies and Corporations, American Express Company, Arthritis, Tractor Supply Company, Music
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Man, 25, identified in fatal Owings Mills car crash
Police have identified the man who died Thursday morning after he was involved in a two-car accident near Owings Mills Mall, police said. Joseph Russell Royston Jr., 25, lived in Hampstead and was pronounced dead at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Accidental Death, Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents
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Grant to help train hospital personnel to recognize signs of domestic violence
dona@herald-mail.comVictims of domestic violence often go to hospital emergency rooms claiming their injuries were a result of accidents rather than abuse. Training medical professionals to tell the difference and uncover the truth is one goal of a new hospital-based...Tags: Advanced Training, Politics, Health Insurance Cost, Regional Authority, Career and Workplace
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