Rate Filing; Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; Filing No. 1-DEM-99-HBCBS; Demographic Rating Methodology [29 Pa.B. 2627] On April 22, 1999, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield submitted a filing requesting to revise the rating methodology for groups with 50 or fewer contracts in the 29 county area of western Pennsylvania. The requested methodology would reflect demographic rating by area, industry and average age of the group. This methodology is requested for all group programs.
Copies of the filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Insurance Department's offices in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Erie.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Bharat Patel, Actuary, Insurance Department, Accident and Health Bureau, Office of Rate and Policy Regulation, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
M. DIANE KOKEN,
Insurance Commissioner[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-803. Filed for public inspection May 14, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]
