LEWISTON — Kevin Lewis, CEO of Maine Community Health Options, recently announced that Michelle Eliasen has joined the organization as senior network pricing analyst. MCHO is a nonprofit organization that will provide affordable health insurance to Maine people and small businesses. Eliasen has worked in health care finance for more than 18 years. Before joining […]
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Lawmakers hosting TV show on health care law
LEWISTON — State Sens. John Cleveland, D-Auburn, and Margaret Craven, D-Lewiston, are hosting a TV show on the local cable access channel in October that focuses on the Affordable Care Act. Their guests are Kevin Lewis, CEO of Lewiston-based Maine Community Health Options, and Mitchell Stein of Consumers for Affordable Health Care. The show, “Answers […]
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Kilbreth joins MCHO
LEWISTON — Kevin Lewis, CEO of Maine Community Health Options, recently announced that Will Kilbreth has joined the organization as chief information officer. MCHO is a nonprofit that will provide affordable health insurance to Maine people and small businesses beginning in January 2014. Kilbreth has more than 19 years of experience in the health care, […]
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Maine health insurance companies say they have won final approval for upcoming marketplace
LEWISTON — Officials from Maine Community Health Options and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield say their companies have both won final approval from the federal government to post health insurance plans on the upcoming Affordable Care Act marketplace. MCHO, based in Lewiston, is the state’s first health insurance co-op, a nonprofit governed for and […]
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Guerette accepts new position at MCHO
LEWISTON — Kevin Lewis, CEO of Maine Community Health Options, recently announced that Robert Guerette, previously an outreach and education specialist at MCHO, has accepted a new position as benefits consultant. Guerette joined MCHO this year and has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry as a producer and agency owner. In […]
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State compares health insurance for small groups
Small businesses can now see how much health insurance might cost them through the upcoming Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange. The Maine Bureau of Insurance on Friday released its comparison of small group rates proposed for the exchange, or marketplace. “Small group” is defined as 50 or fewer people. For smokers, Maine Community Health […]
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Lewiston Mayor Macdonald opposes Anthem plan
LEWISTON— Mayor Robert Macdonald on Monday came out against a plan by Anthem insurance that could take Central Maine Medical Center and more than 300 affiliated physicians off of Anthem’s approved provider list for most individuals. In a news release issued through City Hall, Macdonald urged residents to attend public hearings on the change and […]
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State compares individual health insurance plans for exchange
Let the shopping around begin. The state has released numbers that, for the first time, allow Mainers to compare individual insurance plans proposed for the upcoming Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchange, or marketplace. In some cases, similar plans had almost identical price tags. In others, the difference was hundreds of dollars a month. A […]
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Lewiston’s MCHO gets state approval to join health insurance exchange
LEWISTON — Maine Community Health Options has won the state’s approval to post individual and small-group plans to the upcoming Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange. It is now up to the federal government to give its OK. MCHO, based in Lewiston, is the state’s first health insurance co-op — a nonprofit governed for and […]
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Sanfacon joins MCHO
LEWISTON — Kevin Lewis, CEO of Maine Community Health Options, recently announced that Matthew Sanfacon has joined the organization as credentialing coordinator. MCHO is a nonprofit organization that will provide affordable health insurance to Maine people and small businesses beginning in January 2014. In his new role, Sanfacon will work with the manager of credentialing […]