Keystone Health Plan West—Individual HMO Plan; Rate Filing [40 Pa.B. 2724]
[Saturday, May 22, 2010]By filing No. 1A-DPHMO-10-KHPW, Keystone Health Plan West, Inc. (KHPW) requests approval to adjust the premium rates for its Individual HMO Plan. The filing requests an average increase of 8.5% or $35.03 per contract per month. This filing will affect approximately 8,200 contract holders and will produce additional income of about $3.5 million annually. The requested effective date of the change is October 1, 2010.
Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to August 5, 2010, 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 ''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 Cherri Sanders-Jones, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation and Administration, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, csandersjo@state.pa.us within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
JOEL SCOTT ARIO,
Insurance Commissioner[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-966. Filed for public inspection May 21, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]