Yep, I am in Maryland too and Carefirst is pushing this. Not a chance that I will participate! You want me to pay you a fee so you can collect my patients' private information and my work product, which you will use for nefarious purposes and then resell for big $$. NO!
It is time for us to stop being pawns in this crazy insurance system. Direct primary care appears to be the way to go. Luckily, I am near the end of my career.
