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STATE OF MAINE

DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION

BUREAU OF INSURANCE

IN RE: APPLICATION OF ASSOCIATED HOSPITAL SERVICE
OF MAINE, d/b/a BLUE CROSS
AND BLUE SHIELD OF MAINE, TO CONVERT TO A STOCK INSURER AND VOLUNTARILY LIQUIDATE AND DISSOLVE		 )
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IN RE: APPLICATION OF ANTHEM HEALTH PLAN OF MAINE, INC.,
TO ACQUIRE TO ACQUIRE THE ASSETS OF ASSOCIATED HOSPITAL SERVICE OF MAINE, d/b/a BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF MAINE, AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

Docket NO. INS 99-14 (CONSOLIDATED)

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)		 ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES’ RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION APPLICATIONS FROM MMC, MHA, INC. AND MAINE OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION

Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc., itself and on behalf of its subsidiary to be formed, Anthem Health Plans of Maine, Inc., d/b/a Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, has no objection to the intervention applications from Maine Medical Center ("MMC"), MHA, Inc., or Boyd R. Buser/Maine Osteopathic Association (together "MAO") with the understandings that (1) MMC will coordinate with Central Maine Partners Health Plan and Central Maine Healthcare Corporation, and (2) MHA and MOA will coordinate with the already established provider group of Intervenors.

DATED: December 15, 1999

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James B. Zimpritch, Esq.

Catherine R. Connors, Esq.

Attorneys for Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc.

PIERCE ATWOOD

One Monument Square

Portland, ME 04101

(207) 791-1100

 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that on December 15, 1999, a copy of Anthem’s Response to Intervenor Applications from MMC, MHA and Maine Osteopathic Association was served by United States mail, first class postage prepaid, on each of the persons listed below.

Robert S. Frank, Esq.

Harvey & Frank

Two City Center

P.O. Box 126

Portland, Maine 04112

e-mail: frank@harveyfrank.com

(Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Maine)

Judith Chamberlain, Esq.

State of Maine

Department of the Attorney General

6 State House Station

Augusta, Maine 04333-0006

e-mail: judy.chamberlain@state.me.us

(Office of the Attorney General)

William H. Laubenstein, Esq.

State of Maine

Department of the Attorney General

6 State House Station

Augusta, Maine 04333-0006

e-mail: bill.laubenstein@state.me.us

(Office of the Attorney General)

Gregory A. Brodek, Esq.

Duane, Morris & Heckscher, LLP

15 Columbia Street, 4th Floor

Bangor, Maine 04401-6355

e-mail: gabrodek@duanemorris.com

(Maine Health Alliance)

Gordon H. Smith, Esq.

Maine Medical Association

30 Association Drive

P.O. Box 190

Manchester, Maine 04351

e-mail: gsmith@ctel.net

(Thomas D. Hayward, M.D.,

Maroulla S. Gleaton, M.D.,

and the Maine Medical Association)

 

 

Joseph P. Ditre, Esq.

Consumer Health Law Program

One Weston Court, Level One

P.O. Box 2490

Augusta, Maine 04338-2490

e-mail: jditre@mainecahc.org

(Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation/Coalition)

Michele M. Garvin, Esq.

Ropes & Gray

One International Place

Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624

e-mail: Mgarvin@Ropesgray.com

(Central Maine Healthcare Corporation and Central Maine Partners Health Plan, Inc.)

Robert I. Goldman

Maine Council of Senior Citizens

27 Bowery Beach Road

Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107

e-mail: Rgoldma1@maine.rr.com

(Maine Council of Senior Citizens)

Bonnie Post

Executive Director of the Maine Ambulatory Care Coalition

P.O. Box 390

Manchester, Maine 04351

e-mail: bdpmacc@mint.net

(Sacopee Valley Health Center, Regional Medical Center at Lubec, Eastport Health Care, Inc., and the Maine Ambulatory Care Coalition)

John Dieffenbacher-Krall

Executive Director

Maine People’s Alliance

192 State Street

Portland, Maine 04101

e-mail: MPA@gwi.net

(Maine People’s Alliance)

Donald E. Quigley, Esq.

General Counsel

465 Congress Street, Suite 600

Portland, Maine 04101-3537

e-mail: quigld@mail.mmc.org

(Maine Medical Center)

Sandra L. Parker, Esq.

Attorney for MHA, Inc.

150 Capitol Street

Augusta, Maine 04330

e-mail: sparker@themha.org

(MHA, Inc.)

 

Kellie P. Miller, M.S.

Executive Director

Maine Osteopathic Association

693 Western Avenue

Manchester, Maine 04351

e-mail: meosteo@mint.net

(Maine Osteopathic Association)

 

 

 

DATED: December 15, 1999

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James B. Zimpritch, Esq.

Catherine R. Connors, Esq.

PIERCE ATWOOD

One Monument Square

Portland, Maine 04101

(207) 791-1100

Attorneys for Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc.

 

Last Updated: August 22, 2012