1566 Highmark Blue Shield; direct pay guaranteed issue PPO high deductible health plans (central region); rate filing

Highmark Blue Shield; Direct Pay Guaranteed Issue PPO High Deductible Health Plans (Central Region); Rate Filing

[42 Pa.B. 5314]
[Saturday, August 11, 2012]

 By filing No. 1A-HDHP/CDP/GI-12-HBS, Highmark, Inc., d/b/a Highmark Blue Shield, requests approval to adjust rates for its Direct Pay Guaranteed Issue PPO High Deductible Health Plan. The average requested rate increase is 9.5% or $62.54 per contract per month. The proposed rate increase would affect approximately 1,200 contract holders and would produce additional revenue of about $876,000 annually. The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2013.

 Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to October 25, 2012, 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. Under the tab ''How to Find . . .'' click on the link ''PA Bulletin.''

 A copy of the filing is also available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal working hours at the Department's Harrisburg office.

 Interested parties are invited to submit written or e-mail comments, suggestions or objections to Rashmi Mathur, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, [e-mail] within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

MICHAEL F. CONSEDINE, 
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 12-1566. Filed for public inspection August 10, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]