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 Insurerand Voluntarily
Liquidate and Dissolve |
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Certificate of Service |
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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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The above signed person hereby certifies that on March 1, 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)
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 DESIGNATION OF EXPERT WITNESS
TESTIMONY |
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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March 3, 2000
In accordance with the Superintendent’s Scheduling Order, BCBSME notifies the
Superintendent and all parties that it may call the following witnesses to provide
evidence in the nature of expert witness testimony at the evidentiary hearing scheduled
for April 3-7, 2000:
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Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin Financial
Advisors, Inc. |
The anticipated testimony of Houlihan Lokey is
summarized in the Houlihan Lokey Valuation of BCBSME as of July 13, 1999, included as part
of the conversion application filing (Document #’s P 00063-00088). BCBSME
anticipates that Houlihan Lokey may also give testimony in the nature of rebuttal
testimony in response to heretofore undisclosed testimony offered by others on the subject
of the valuation of BCBSME. |
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Milliman & Robertson |
The anticipated testimony of Milliman &
Robertson is summarized in the Comparative Premium Rate Analysis as November 4, 1999,
included as a supplement to the conversion application filing (Document #’s P
02615-00249). BCBSME anticipates that Milliman & Robertson may also give testimony
in the nature of rebuttal testimony in response to heretofore undisclosed testimony
offered by others on the subjects covered in the Comparative Premium Rate Analysis.
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Salomon Smith Barney |
The anticipated testimony of Salomon Smith
Barney is summarized in the fairness opinion delivered by Salomon Smith Barney to the
Board of Directors of BCBSME on July 13, 1999, produced in response to discovery requests
as (Document #’s BC 00889-00917, and BC 02667-02693) BCBSME anticipates that
Salomon Smith Barney may also give testimony in the nature of rebuttal testimony in
response to heretofore undisclosed testimony offered by others on the subjects covered in
these documents. |
BCBSME reserves the right to supplement this designation to the extent that other
parties, in their designations of expert witness testimony or otherwise, raise issues that
they have not yet identified in their responses to date to Anthem Insurance
Companies’/ BlueCross BlueShield of Maine’s Joint Discovery Requests, dated
February 4, 2000.
Date: March 1, 2000
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Robert S. Frank
HARVEY & FRANK
Two City Center
Suite 402
Portland, Maine 04112-0126
(207) 775-1300
Attorneys for BlueCross Blue Shield of Maine
