829 Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; Medically Underwritten Direct Pay PPO Plan (western region); rate filing

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; Medically Underwritten Direct Pay PPO Plan (Western Region); Rate Filing

[41 Pa.B. 2503]
[Saturday, May 14, 2011]

 By filing No. 1A-MUPPO-11-HBCBS, Highmark, Inc., doing business as Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, requested approval to adjust the premium rates for its medically underwritten Direct Pay PPO Plan. The filing requests an average rate change of about 7.4% or $19.45 per contract per month. The proposed rate increase would affect approximately 16,100 contract holders and will produce additional annual income of about $3.7 million. The requested effective date of the change is October 1, 2011.

 Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to July 28, 2011, the subject filing may be deemed approved by operation of law.

 A copy of the filing is available on the Insurance Department's (Department) web site at www.insurance. pa.gov. To access the filing, under ''How to Find . . .'' click on ''View Current Rate Filings.''

 A copy of the filing is also available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal working hours at the Department's Harrisburg office.

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

MICHAEL F. CONSEDINE, 
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-829. Filed for public inspection May 13, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]