CareFirst

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
• Has received seven consecutive national Brand Excellence awards, recognizing its customer service, financial strength, membership growth and promotion of the Blue name
• 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