2344 Keystone Health Plan East; request for approval of medically underwritten individual direct pay HMO contract and rates; form and rate filing

Keystone Health Plan East; Request for Approval of Medically Underwritten Individual Direct Pay HMO Contract and Rates; Form and Rate Filing

[33 Pa.B. 5996]

   Keystone Health Plan East submitted both forms and rates for a medically underwritten individual direct pay HMO product for review and approval by the Insurance Department (Department). The rates for each individual subscriber will be based on age, gender, contract type, as well as the risk characteristics (based on medical underwriting) of the subscriber and dependents if a subscriber applies for a nonsingle contract. An effective date of February 1, 2004, is requested.

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

   Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Carol E. Slack, A & H Actuarial Supervisor, Office of Rate and Policy Regula-tion, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120 within 30 days upon publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

M. DIANE KOKEN,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-2344. Filed for public inspection December 5, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]