DISB held a public hearing to determine whether the portion of GHMSI’s (Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.) surplus attributable to the District of Columbia is excessive under the Medical Insurance Empowerment Amendment Act (MIEAA).
The public hearing was held on September 10 - 11, 2009 and the purpose of the hearing was to determine whether the portion of GHMSI’s 2008 surplus attributable to the District was unreasonably large and inconsistent with the company’s community health reinvestment obligation under MIEAA. GHMSI furnished DISB with a report on how the company determined the appropriate amount of surplus that it needed to meet its (1) statutory and corporate surplus requirements; (2) actuarially determined risk exposures; and (3) expected and unanticipated contingencies.
The community had an opportunity to testify at the hearing and received documents and comments have been listed below. For further information on this hearing, contact the agency’s Freedom of Information Act unit at [email protected].
2009 Hearing-related Materials
The following documents related to the Hearing are available in PDF format.
- Surplus Review and Determination Regarding Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc. (Final Order 09-MIE-007)
- GHMSI's Rebuttal to Appleseed Report
- DC Appleseed’s Supplemental Report
- Rector Rebuttal Report
- GHMSI’s Supplemental Report on Effects of Health Care Reform
- Surplus Review and Determination Regarding Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc. (Order 09-MIE-006)
- Order Enlarging Time for the Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking Surplus Determination and Extension of Hearing Record (09-MIE-004)
- Rector Report
- Order to Reopen the Hearing Record (Order 09-MIE-002)
- Order Enlarging Time for the Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking To Issue Surplus Determination and Extension of Hearing Record (Order 09-MIE-001)
- CareFirst Public Report
- Milliman Report
- Procedures for the Determination of Excess Surplus
- 2009 Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc. Adequate Surplus Determination
- Public Summary and DISB Action Plan for the Surplus Review of GHMSI under the Medical Insurance Empowerment Amendment Act of 2008
- Notice of Public Hearing
- Opening Statement of Acting Commissioner Purcell
- Witness List and Written Testimonies
- Hearing Transcripts (September 10, and September 11, 2009)
Hearing Submissions
- Letter from Maryland Insurance Administration
- Letter from DC Republican Committee
- Letter from Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, 40th District
- Letter from Virginia Association of Health Plans
- Letter from Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, 42nd District
Pre-Hearing Reports
Post Hearing Reports
- BlueCross BlueShield Association
- Witeck - Combs Communications
- DC Coalition on Long Term Care
- Letter from Bill Pullen
- Maryland Hospital Association
- Calvert Memorial Hospital
- Letter from Aubrey Sarvis
- United Cerebral Palsy
- DC Fiscal Policy Institute
- Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work
- Letter from Patricia Raz
- Letter from Mrs. Beth Clark
- Letter from Mr. La Clair, III
- Press Associates Union News Service
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Letter from James B. Wilcox, Jr.
- Letter from Sara Elizabeth Levy
- Letter from Dana S. Greenwald, DDS
- Letter from Sondra Arkin
- Letter from Consumers Union
- Letter from Auburn Traycik
- Letter from Ms. Sharon
- Letter from Roberta M. Boam
- AARP
- The Maryland General Assembly
- District of Columbia Hospital Association
- National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
- Sibley Memorial Hospital
- DC Appleseed Letter
- Letter from William Kloman
- CareFirst Cover Letter