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 Motion for Confidential Treatment of Certain
Documents Attached to Applicants’ Response to Order on Completeness |
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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Pursuant to the Superintendent’s Protective Order of October 19, 1999, and its
Order on BCBSME’s Motion for Supplemental Protective Order, BCBSME requests
confidential treatment for certain documents submitted jointly by Applicants in response
to the Superintendent’s Order on Completeness.
The documents (or portions thereof) covered by this motion are the
following:
Response to Order on Completeness |
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21. |
Second Amended Management Services
Agreement Between Maine Partners Health Plan, Inc. and Associated Hospital Service Of
Maine D/B/A Blue Cross Blue And Shield Of Maine. |
22. |
Maine Partners Health Plan Second
Amendment To Revised Shareholders Agreement, Consent To Sale Of Stock, And Assumption Of
rights And Obligations Under Revised Shareholders Agreement, As Amended. |
24. |
Financial Results for 1999, and Financial
Projections for 2000 |
BCBSME seeks confidential treatment for the agreements submitted in response to the
Order on Completeness, Paragraphs 21 and 22, because these agreements reflect the
proprietary and confidential results of negotiations between BCBSME, Anthem and one of its
hospital partners, and the terms of these agreements, if disclosed, could affect future
negotiations between BCBSME and/or Anthem and other hospitals with which BCBSME and
Anthem. BCBSME does not seek confidential protection for the Article and Bylaw changes
BCBSME seeks confidential treatment for the financial data included as part of the
response to the Order on Completeness, Paragraph 24, because the data comprises non-public
unaudited results for year end 1999 and projected income for year 2000. The
Superintendent’s prior protective orders in these matters has accorded similar
protection for this type of financial information.
For these reasons, BCBSME request confidential treatment of the items
described above.
Date: March 10, 2000
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Robert S. Frank
HARVEY & FRANK
Two City Center
Suite 402
Portland, Maine 04112-0126
(207) 775-1300
Attorneys for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maine
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that on March 10, 2000 a copy of BCBSME’s Motion
for Confidential Treatment of Certain Documents Attached to Applicants’ Response to
Order on Completeness was served by electronic mail, or, where indicated, by hand
delivery, on each of the persons listed below.
| Robert S. Frank, Esq. (hand delivery)
Harvey & Frank
Two City Center
P.O. Box 126
Portland, Maine 04112
e-mail: frank@harveyfrank.com
(Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Maine) |
John Dieffenbacher-Krall Executive Director
Maine People’s Alliance
192 State Street
Portland, Maine 04101
e-mail: MPA@gwi.net
(Maine People’s Alliance) |
| Judith Chamberlain, Esq. (hand delivery) 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) |
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) |
| William H. Laubenstein, Esq. (hand delivery) 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) |
Sandra L. Parker, Esq. Attorney for MHA,
Inc.
150 Capitol Street
Augusta, Maine 04330
e-mail: sparker@themha.org
(MHA, Inc.) |
| 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) |
Kellie P. Miller, M.S. Executive Director
Maine Osteopathic Association
693 Western Avenue
Manchester, Maine 04351
e-mail: meosteo@mint.net
(Maine Osteopathic Association) |
| 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) |
Donald E. Quigley, Esq. General Counsel
465 Congress Street, Suite 600
Portland, Maine 04101-3537
e-mail: quigld@mail.mmc.org
(Maine Medical Center) |
| 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) |
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) |
| 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) |
DATED: March , 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.
