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CareFirst, Inc. is the not-for-profit, non-stock, parent company of CareFirst of Maryland, Inc. and Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc., affiliates that do business as CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. CareFirst, Inc. is governed by a Board of Directors and special statutes regulating its business in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Northern Virginia.

CareFirst:

  • Is the largest health care insurer in the Mid-Atlantic region, serving nearly 3.1 million members

  • Has more than 5,400 employees in District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Northern Virginia and West Virginia

  • Has more than 80 percent of all of the Maryland/D.C./Northern Virginia region's health care providers participating in one or more of its provider networks

  • Operates a for-profit regional HMO subsidiary - CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc. - that is a licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. The HMO features more than 4,500 primary care physicians

  • Received an "Excellent" rating from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for its BlueChoice HMO and full NCQA accreditation for its BluePreferred PPO

  • Includes 165 hospitals in Maryland, D.C., and Northern Virginia in its provider networks

  • Serves approximately 515,000 members in the Federal Employees Health Program (FEP) -- the largest FEP enrollment in the nation

  • Operates CASCI, a subsidiary based in Charleston, WV, that annually processes more than 5 million claims from federal government subscribers and dependents as part of FEP


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August 13, 2008 - CareFirst Names Chief Actuary, Promotes Five to Senior Vice President
July 30, 2008 - CareFirst Awarded for Excellence in Customer Service
July 21, 2008 - CareFirst Names Alok Gupta CIO
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Serving Maryland, the District of Columbia and portions of Virginia. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is the shared business name of CareFirst of Maryland, Inc. and Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc. are independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

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