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CareFirst Highlights 2000
JANUARY -CareFirst traverses Y2K chronos barrier with all operations functioning. -CareFirst sponsors record food drive for Maryland's Harvest for the Hungry with $50,000 gift of personal care items for homeless.FEBRUARY -CareFirst negotiates limits on Maryland hospital rate increases, reducing members' care costs.MARCH -Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware, with 207,000 members, formally becomes CareFirst affiliate. -Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware wins federal approval to begin marketing Medicare+Plus Choice managed care plan. -Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware launches new provider inquiry tools allowing immediate access to claims status, member eligibility, member benefit plans and authorization status.APRIL -CareFirst associates go on-line for up-to-the-minute news and information through new intranet newsletter, insidecarefirst.com. -Maryland Small Business Advisory Council presents Economic Impact Development Award to CareFirst President and CEO William L. Jews for 'distinguished career, civic commitment and outstanding accomplishments.'MAY -Hospitals and Health Networks magazine names Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware one of nation's 10 'Most Wired' health plans. -CareFirst wins Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's 'Best of Show' honors for marketing campaign launching 'CareFirst Options' program.JUNE -CareFirst introduces My Care First, an interactive, on-line health information resource on www.carefirst.com -More than 200 CareFirst Associates, friends and family participate in the annual Race for the Cure in Washington, backed by a matching $5,000 corporate contribution to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.JULY -Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware, teaming with CareFirst, wins AstraZeneca Corporation account, adding 2,300 new members to CareFirst family. -Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware open season enrollment net gain ranks second largest in its peer group.AUGUST -CareFirst's $30,000 gift expands American Lung Association's 'Open Airways' program in Washington, D.C. schools, helping students in Grades 3 through 6 cope with their asthma. -CareFirst contributes $25,000 to the Governor's Wellmobile, supporting health care services for uninsured Marylanders. SEPTEMBER -CareFirst HMOs CapitalCare, FreeState and Delmarva Health Plan garner top ratings from Maryland Health Care Commission. FreeState and Delmarva named ³star performers² for repeated high scores. -More than 320 associates join Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Walk to Cure in Delaware, raising more than $50,000 to combat juvenile diabetes. -Blueline, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware's electronic newsletter, receives national 2000 Circle of Distinction Award from the Society of Healthcare Strategy & Market Development.OCTOBER -Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association presents CareFirst with prestigious 'High Performance/Low Cost' Award for excellent service to Federal Employees Health Plan members. -Third-party administration affiliate CareFirst Administrators moves to new home near Owings Mills corporate headquarters. -CareFirst contributes $50,000 and 200 associates take part in annual Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 'Race for the Cure' in Baltimore, which raised more than $1 million for breast cancer research.NOVEMBER -FreeState and two of the managed care plans of the Delaware affiliate earn National Committee for Quality Assurance's 'excellent' rating, the group's highest accreditation. -CareFirst and its associates give more than $685,000 to the 2000 United Way Campaign. -CareFirst acquires Preferred Health Network, with 85,500 members in the Baltimore-Washington region. -Loyola College's Sellinger School for Business and Management names CareFirst President and CEO William L. Jews its 'Business Leader of the Year.'DECEMBER -For fourth year in a row, CareFirst's market growth, financial strength and high standards of customer service earn the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associationıs coveted Brand Excellence Award for promoting customer loyalty to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield brand names. -West Virginia Family Magazine lists Capital Area Services Company, Inc. (CASCI), the CareFirst subsidiary in Charleston, among West Virginia's most family-friendly places to work.