INSURANCE DEPARTMENT First Priority Health HMO; BlueCare HMO Individual Conversion; Rate Filing [41 Pa.B. 4510]
[Saturday, August 13, 2011]On August 1, 2011, First Priority Health HMO submitted a rate filing (No. 1654-HMO/ICC-RATE-1/1/12) to increase the premium rates for the Conversion Product. Depending upon which plan the member chooses, the rate change will range from a 27.6% decrease to a 33.5% increase for members with drug coverage and from a 37.1% decrease to a 29.3% increase for members without drug coverage. This will affect approximately 569 members. The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2012.
This filing also proposes benefit changes.
Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to October 26, 2011, 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 ''Current Rate Filings.''
A copy of the filing is also available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal working hours at the Department's regional office in Harrisburg.
Interested parties are invited to submit written or e-mail comments, suggestions or objections to Cherri Sanders-Jones, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, csandersjo@pa.gov within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
MICHAEL F. CONSEDINE,
Insurance Commissioner[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-1397. Filed for public inspection August 12, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]
