CareFirst wants court to end rift.Arguing that it now is caught between conflicting orders issued by the former Delaware insurance commissioner and the Maryland insurance commissioner, CareFirst Inc., the Maryland-based health insurance holding company, wants a federal court to let it file a declaratory judgment declaratory judgment In law, a judgment merely declaring a right or establishing the legal status or interpretation of a law or instrument. It is binding but is distinguished from other judgments or court opinions in that it includes no executive element (an order that suit, saying it needs a resolution to the commissioners' conflicts regarding its affiliation with Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. of Delaware. Since its request was filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, CareFirst said in a statement that "all parties agreed to defer de·fer 1 v. de·ferred, de·fer·ring, de·fers v.tr. 1. To put off; postpone. 2. To postpone the induction of (one eligible for the military draft). v.intr. any further action for 60 days" to allow new Delaware Insurance Commmissioner Matt Denn "to acclimate himself to the issues and confer" with Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer Jr. "The goal is, and has been, to preserve the business relationship that has been mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware and the rest of the CareFirst Family," the CareFirst statement also said. CareFirst is the most recent example of a Blues Plan meeting regulatory resistance over its operational status. North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Blues and Horizon Healthcare have been unsuccessful in recent regulatory wrangling. |
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