Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania; BlueCare Senior Pharmacy Rider; Rate Filing [40 Pa.B. 3475]
[Saturday, June 19, 2010]By filing No. 1571-PRAG-5-RX, Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania requests approval to increase rates for its group BlueCare Senior Pharmacy Rider rate. The filing requests a rate increase of 36.1%. This will affect about 2,600 projected members and will produce additional revenue of about $2.5 million annually. The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2011.
Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to September 1, 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 the tab ''How to Find . . .'' click on the link ''Current Rate Filings.''
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 Administration, 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. 10-1142. Filed for public inspection June 18, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
