Pennsylvania Blue Shield; Manipulation Therapy Encounter Codes and Allowance Changes [26 Pa.B. 5776] On November 1, 1996, Pennsylvania Blue Shield submitted for the Department's review and approval allowance reductions for use with the Greater Philadelphia Preferred Provider Network in the Personal Choice programs and higher benefit maximums in Major Medical allowances to professional providers in the Philadelphia area for manipulation therapy encounter codes. The filing requests approval to implement these revised allowances effective retroactive to October 1, 1996. This filing consists of 13 pages.
Copies of the filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Insurance Department's offices in Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Erie. Refer to Insurance Department File No. 9611040023001 when referencing this filing.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Julie Cheung, Insurance Department, Office of Rate and Policy Regulation, Bureau of Accident and Health Insurance, Actuarial Review Division, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, within 15 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
LINDA S. KAISER,
Insurance Commissioner[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-1987. Filed for public inspection November 22, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
