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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 )
  ) ORDER ON CONSUMERS FOR
and  ) AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE’S
) REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION
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) ) )

 

On March 27, 2000, Consumers for Affordable Health Care (hereinafter, "CAHC") filed a request for clarification of the Superintendent’s Order on Anthem’s and BCBSME’s Objections to Intervenors’ Designation of Issues, dated March 22, 2000. CAHC requests the Superintendent to clarify the ruling sustaining Applicants’ objections to CAHC’s designation of issues numbered 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

The Superintendent has reviewed the rulings from the March 22nd Order, and provides clarification on certain of CAHC’s designation of issues as follows:

1. Issues Not Before the Superintendent. The Superintendent clarifies that the following subject matter identified by CAHC is not properly before the Superintendent for consideration in this proceeding:

  1. that portion of issue number 1, subpart (d), designating most favored nation clauses and selective contracting provisions;
  2. issue number 2, including all of its subparts; and
  3. subpart (j) of issue number 4.
  1. Issues Before the Superintendent. The Superintendent clarifies that the following subject matter identified by CAHC is properly before the Superintendent for consideration in this proceeding:
  1. issue number 1, including all of its subparts, except for that portion of subpart (d) addressed above in this Order;
  2. issue number 4, including all of its subparts, except for subpart (j) addressed above in this Order; and
  3. issue numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9, including all of their subparts.

As stated in the March 22nd Order, the Superintendent considers CAHC’s designation of the above-identified issues and subparts to be "repetitive," "overly broad," and/or "incomplete." While the subject matter of those issues and subparts is properly before the Superintendent for consideration in this proceeding, CAHC is instructed to be specific, precise and narrow in its exploration of those issues and subparts at hearing.

 

PER ORDER OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE

 

 

DATED: March ___, 2000

ALESSANDRO A. IUPPA

Superintendent of Insurance

Last Updated: August 22, 2012