1869 Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania; Blue Care PPO (formerly known as Access Care II) experience rated (51 + eligible contracts); hospital trend and retention; rate filing

Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania; Blue Care PPO (Formerly Known as Access Care II) Experience Rated (51 + Eligible Contracts); Hospital Trend and Retention; Rate Filing

[35 Pa.B. 5589]

   On September 16, 2005, the Insurance Department (Department) received from Blue Cross of Northeastern PA a filing requesting approval to change the hospital trend from 12.5% to 15.7% and to change the retention factors.

   The proposed effective date is January 1, 2006, and will impact 50,785 subscribers.

   Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to December 21, 2005, the subject filing may be deemed approved by operation of law.

   A copy of the filing is available on the Department's website: www.ins.state.pa.us. Under the Quick Links section, click on the link ''Rate Filings Published in the PA Bulletin.''

   Copies of the filing are also available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal working hours at the Department's regional office in Harrisburg.

   Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Cherri Sanders-Jones, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation and Market Enforcement, Room 1311, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, [e-mail], within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

M. DIANE KOKEN,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 05-1869. Filed for public inspection October 7, 2005, 9:00 a.m.]