1355 Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; Direct Pay Special Care Hospital Plan; filing no. 2-SSC-01HBCBS
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; Direct Pay Special Care Hospital Plan; Filing No. 2-SSC-01-HBCBS [31 Pa.B. 4031] By filing No. 2-SSC-01-HBCBS, Highmark Inc., d/b/a Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, requests approval to increase its premium rates for its Direct Pay Special Care Hospital Plan. The filing requests an increase of 25.6% of current premium, or $11.48 per contract per month. This will affect about 20,650 contractholders and produce additional premium income of about $2.8 million. The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2002.
Copies of the filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Insurance Department's Harrisburg regional office.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Rashmi Mathur, Actuary, Bureau of Accident and Health Insurance, Insurance Department, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
M. DIANE KOKEN,
Insurance Commissioner[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-1355. Filed for public inspection July 20, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]