Document 238 : Docket No. 99-14 : Hearing Decision : Bureau of Insurance

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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Certificate of Servic

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

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The above signed person hereby certifies that on January 26, 2000, he caused a copy of the following documents to be served by United States mail, first class postage prepaid, on each of the persons listed below.

James Zimpritch, Esq.

Judith Chamberlain, Esq.

Martin Robles, Esq.

William Laubenstein, Esq.

Gregory A. Brodek , Esq. (Maine Health Alliance)

Andrew B. MacLean, Esq. (Thomas D. Hayward, M.D., Maroulla S. Gleaton, M.D., and the Maine Medical Association)

Joseph P. Ditre, Esq. (Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation/Coalition)

John Kane, Esq. (Central Maine Healthcare Corporation)

Robert I. Goldman (Maine Council of Senior Citizens)

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

John Dieffenbacher-Krall (Maine People’s Alliance)

Donald E. Quigley, Esq.

Kellie P. Miller, M.S., (Maine Osteopathic Association)

Sandra L. Parker, Esq., (Maine Hospital Association)

Edward F. Miller (American Lung Association of Maine)

Michel LaFond, Esq. (Maine Medical Association)

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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BCBSME’s Response to Attorney General’s Request for Extension of Time re Notice of Evidence Concerning the Independence and Experience of Houlihan Lokey

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

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BCBSME does not object to the Attorney General’s request for a limited extension of its deadline to provide notice of the nature of the evidence, if any, that the Attorney General intends to present at the pre-hearing conference on the independence and experience of Houlihan Lokey. The Attorney General’s request is to extend the time for the Attorney General to provide the required notice until February 4, 2000, and to re-set the pre-hearing conference on this issue matter to February 8, 2000.

BCBSME’s decision not to object to this request position is based on the understanding that 1) the postponement of the pre-hearing conference will not result in a delay in the current plenary evidentiary hearing schedule in this matter; and 2) that since no parties other than the Applicants and the Attorney General have filed either a notice of expected evidence to be presented at the pre-hearing conference concerning independence and experience of Houlihan Lokey, or a request for extension of time to provide such notice, the Superintendent will only consider the evidence, if any, to be offered by the Applicants and the Attorney General on these issues at the re-scheduled pre-hearing conference.

If BCBSME’s understandings in this regard are incorrect, BCBSME requests that it be so advised, so that it will have the opportunity to re-consider its decision not to object to the Attorney General’s request.

Date: January 26, 2000	__________________________________
	Robert S. Frank

HARVEY & FRANK Two City Center PO Box 126 Portland, Maine 04112-0126 207-775-1300 Attorneys for Associated Hospital Services of Maine d/b/a/ Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maine