Geisinger Quality Options Individual PPO--Medically Underwritten; Rate Filing [39 Pa.B. 2421]
[Saturday, May 9, 2009]On April 27, 2009, Geisinger Quality Options submitted a filing requesting approval to increase the individual direct pay rates by 10.4%. This filing will affect approximately 3,156 contracts and will produce additional income of about $600,000 annually. The requested effective date of the change is July 1, 2009.
This filing also requests a 2-year rate guarantee option for new subscribers selecting either PPO Plan Nos. 6 and 7 or the Advantage Plan.
Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to July 22, 2009, 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.ins.state.pa.us. Under the Quick Links section, click on the link ''Rate Filings Published in the PA Bulletin.''
Copies of the filing are also available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal working hours at the Department's Harrisburg Office.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Cherri Sanders-Jones, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation and Market Enforcement, Room 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. 09-862. Filed for public inspection May 8, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]
