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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 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, INC.’S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

As part of the Applicants Initial Consolidated Filing, the Applicants requested that financial projections for Anthem BCBS submitted with that filing should be treated as confidential because such projections are (1) excepted from disclosure under the Maine Freedom of Access Act, 1 M.R.S.A. §§ 401-410, and (2) privileged pursuant to M. R. Civ. P. 26 (c), M. R. Evid. 507, and 10 M.R.S.A. § 1542(4) because they are trade secrets and otherwise competitively sensitive. (See September 15, 1999 letter from James B. Zimpritch, pp. 4-5.) The Superintendent agreed with this analysis and, by Protective Order dated October 19, 1999, accepted as confidential financial projections for Anthem BCBS. (See October 19th Protective Order, ¶6.) Also in the September 15th filing letter, the Applicants advised that additional financial projections for Anthem BCBS would be filed by supplement. (See September 15, 1999 letter, p.2.)

Consistent with the earlier request and the Superintendent’s prior ruling, Anthem now requests confidential treatment for portions of the financial projections for Anthem BCBS, filed this day as a supplement to the Applicants’ September 15, 1999 Form A filing and titled "Anthem, Inc. Acquisition of BC/BS Maine Proforma Income Statement for Years Ended December 31, 1998-2003," (AN-02052). As reflected in the title, in addition to actual income results for 1998, this filing contains financial projections for Anthem BCBS for years 1999-2003. For the same reasons articulated in the Applicants’ September 15th filing letter, this information is privileged from disclosure because it reflects proprietary business projections and is competitively sensitive, as from it a competitor could obtain valuable information about Anthem’s and Anthem BCBS’ future business plans and activities. Accordingly, Anthem requests that the Superintendent designate the 1999-2003 financial projections for Anthem BCBS as confidential, subject to disclosure only under the terms of the Protective Order and exempt from disclosure under the FOAA.

DATED: January 4, 2000                                                              _______________________________

James B. Zimpritch, Esq.

Jeffrey M. White, 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 January 4, 2000 a copy of Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc.’s Non-Confidential Supplement to the Form A Filing and Motion for Confidential Treatment were served via hand delivery, regular mail or electronic mail 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

(Bureau of Insurance)

 

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)

 

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; Central Maine Partners Health Plan)

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

Edward Miller

Executive Director

American Lung Association of Maine

122 State Street

Augusta, Maine 04330

e-mail: emiller@mainelung.org

(American Lung Association of Maine)

 

 

 

DATED: January 4, 2000

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James B. Zimpritch, Esq.

Jeffrey M. White, Esq.

Catherine R. Connors, Esq.

PIERCE ATWOOD

One Monument Square

Portland, Maine 04101

(207) 791-1100

Attorneys for Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc.

 

Last Updated: October 1, 2008