INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Keystone Health Plan East; Community Pharmacy Rates; Rate Filing [38 Pa.B. 7127]
[Saturday, December 27, 2008]On December 6, 2008, the Insurance Department (Department) received from Keystone Health Plan East a filing for a rate increase for its Community Pharmacy Rates for its Commercial HMO.
The carrier requests an average 10.8% increase. This will affect about 128,891 contracts and will produce additional income of about $18,348,000 annually. The requested effective date of the change is April 1, 2009.
Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to March 12, 2009, the subject filing may be deemed approved by operation of law.
A copy of the filing is available on the Department's web site at www.ins.state.pa.us. To access the filing, under ''Quick Links'' click on ''Rate Filings Published in the PA Bulletin.''
A copy of the filing is 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 or e-mail comments, suggestions or objections to J. Sabater, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, jsabater@state.pa.us, within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
JOEL SCOTT ARIO,
Insurance Commissioner[Pa.B. Doc. No. 08-2359. Filed for public inspection December 26, 2008, 9:00 a.m.]
