Keystone Health Plan Central; Premium Rate Increase--Group Business; Rate Filing [33 Pa.B. 3697] On July 10, 2003, Keystone Health Plan Central submitted its annual rate filing (ID no. A71625001) to the Insurance Department (Department) requesting a rate increase for the base medical plans of 7.3% in the Lehigh Valley service area, 16.3% in the Harrisburg service area and 8.9% in the Northern Tier service area. This filing will affect 28,431 members in the Lehigh Valley service area, 63,029 members in the Harrisburg service area and 6,624 members in the Northern Tier service area, resulting in an estimated revenue increase of $30.8 million annually. The proposed effective date of this increase is October 1, 2003.
Copies of the filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Department's regional offices in Harrisburg.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Cherri Sanders-Jones, 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. 03-1478. Filed for public inspection July 25, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]
