Rate Filing; Highmark Inc.; Adjustment to PremierBlue Allowances; Filing No. 98070000 [28 Pa.B. 2099] By Filing No. 98070000, Highmark Inc. proposes reductions in current PremierBlue Fee Schedule allowances found to exceed 200% of Medicare allowances for the same procedures. The fees would be reduced to 112% of the applicable Medicare allowance. The impact of this proposed change is a potential 2.19% reduction in claims costs.
Copies of the filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Insurance Department's Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Erie and Philadelphia Regional Offices.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Bharat Patel, Actuary, Insurance Department, Accident & 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. 98-699. Filed for public inspection May 1, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
