1354 Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; Direct Pay Preferred Major Medical Plan rate increase; filing no. 1-PMM-01-HBCBS

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; Direct Pay Preferred Major Medical Plan Rate Increase; Filing No. 1-PMM-01-HBCBS

[31 Pa.B. 4031]

   Highmark Inc., d/b/a Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, requests approval to increase its premium rates for its Direct Pay Preferred Major Medical Plan. The filing requests an increase of 10.8% of current premium, or $12.23 per contract per month. This will affect about 4,100 contractholders and produce additional premium income of about $0.6 million. The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2002. Also requested is an increase in the deductible from $500 to $750.

   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. 01-1354. Filed for public inspection July 20, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]