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NON-CONFIDENTIAL

 

 

 

 

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 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 DESIGNATION OF EXPERTS AND EXPERT REPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

March 2, 2000

 

 

 

 

NON-CONFIDENTIAL

 

 

 

 

In accordance with the Superintendent’s Scheduling Order, Applicants, Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc., on behalf of its subsidiary to be formed, Anthem Health Plans of Maine, Inc., d/b/a Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (collectively "Anthem"), hereby 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:

1. 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).

Anthem 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.
2. Milliman & Robertson

The anticipated testimony of Milliman & Robertson is summarized in the Comparative Premium Rate Analysis as of November 4, 1999, included as a supplement to the conversion application filing (Document #’s P 02615-00249).

Anthem 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.

3. 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)

Anthem 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.

 

Anthem 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.

DATED: March 2, 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

 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that on March 2, 2000 a copy of Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc.’s Designation of Experts and Expert Reports was served by United States mail, first class postage prepaid, email, or, where indicated, by hand delivery, 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.

John Doyle, Jr., Esq.

Attorneys for MHA, Inc.

150 Capitol Street

Augusta, Maine 04330

e-mail: sparker@themha.org

jdoyle@preti.com

(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: March 2, 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: July 16, 2008