98 Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; amendatory riders to incorporate BlueCard Program language in traditional group and direct payment products; filing no. 1-BLUECARD-96-WP

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; Amendatory Riders to Incorporate BlueCard Program Language in Traditional Group and Direct Payment Products; Filing No. 1-BLUECARD-96-WP

[27 Pa.B. 365]

   By filing no. 1-BLUECARD-96-WP, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield proposes to amend group and certain individual traditional contracts to include the BlueCard Program language. The BlueCard Program allows members to receive covered services from participating providers located outside the geographic area served by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. This filing consists of ten pages.

   Copies of the filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Insurance Department's offices in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Erie. Please refer to Insurance Department File No. 9612240038001 when referencing this filing.

   Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Richard W. Stoner, Policy Examiner, Insurance Department, Office of Rate and Policy Regulation, Bureau of Accident and Health Insurance, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, within 10 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

LINDA S. KAISER,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-98. Filed for public inspection January 17, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]