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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><strong><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>MARYLAND</span></font></b></strong></st1:place></st1:State><strong><b><font
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DEADLINE TO ENROLL IN COVERAGE THAT BEGINS ON JANUARY 1</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>ANNAPOLIS, MD (December 17, 2013)</span></font></b></strong><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> – Following an announcement
yesterday that CareFirst agreed to allow Maryland to extend the deadline by
which individuals and families must enroll in order to be covered on January
1, Governor O’Malley and Lt. Governor Brown today announced that all
other medical insurance carriers participating in Maryland Health Connection
have agreed to allow deadline extensions as well. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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background:yellow'>All carriers have agreed to allow <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Maryland</st1:place></st1:State> to extend the enrollment deadline
from December 23 to December 27. This means that Marylanders who enroll in a
Qualified Health Plan through Maryland Health Connection by December 27 can
have coverage that begins on January 1; consumers would have until January 15
to pay for their coverage. Medical carriers participating in Maryland Health
Connection include CareFirst, Kaiser Permanente, United Healthcare and
Evergreen Health Co-Op.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>To
improve the trajectory of the project, Governor O’Malley and Lieutenant
Governor Brown recently changed the leadership structure for the IT portion
of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and asked Isabel FitzGerald,
Secretary of the Maryland Department of Information Technology, to lead the
IT effort. Under Sec. FitzGerald’s leadership, the State just days ago
announced that it met Governor O’Malley’s mid-December deadline
for fixing nine major issues with the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange
website. Those nine fixes were focused on many of the challenges that were
causing users the most frustration.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The
improvements to the site are reflected in unofficial daily data. Based on
preliminary data, yesterday saw a record high number of plan selections in
MarylandHealthConnection.gov, surpassing the record set last Friday when IT
teams completed fixing nine major issues that were responsible for a majority
of the issues that were negatively affecting users.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>“We
know the improvements to MarylandHealthConnection.gov are making a difference
because we are seeing more and more people successfully completing the
process every day,” Gov. O’Malley said. “We will continue
making improvements to the site, and we are pleased that all carriers have
agreed to extend the deadline for coverage so that we can continue to work
toward our goal of helping more Marylanders access quality, affordable
coverage.” </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>"As
we continue to improve the website's functionality, we are working to make it
easier for Marylanders to get health care by working with the insurance
community to extend the deadline for Marylanders to sign up for coverage on
January 1st," said Lt. Governor Brown. "While we still have work to
do, we're committed to expanding access to quality affordable care." </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Yesterday,
the Administration announced that the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange has
brought in Optum/QSSI—a Columbia, Maryland company—to improve the
overall performance of the website. The company will focus on enhancing the
consumer experience by providing end-to-end project management and
operational support, as well as technological assessment and recommendations.<br>
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Optum/QSSI is the general contractor that the federal government called upon
in October to work with CMS and other vendors to enhance the stability and
performance of the federal government’s HealthCare.gov.<br>
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Also yesterday, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor announced that in the
lead up to the enrollment deadline, health exchange officials will keep the
call center open longer to maximize phone assistance to consumers. In
addition, through blast emails, regular mail, and robo-calls, health exchange
officials are contacting consumers who have begun, but not completed, the
application process to let them know how to complete their eligibility
determinations and enrollment.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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