1401 Highmark Blue Shield; direct pay ClassicBlue Comprehensive Major Medical Plan (central region); rate filing
Highmark Blue Shield; Direct Pay ClassicBlue Comprehensive Major Medical Plan (Central Region); Rate Filing [41 Pa.B. 4512]
[Saturday, August 13, 2011]By filing No. 2A-CMM-11-HBS, Highmark, Inc., d/b/a Highmark Blue Shield, requests approval to increase the premium rates for the Direct Pay ClassicBlue Comprehensive Major Medical Plan (Central Region). The filing requests an average increase of about 9.9% or $54.53 per contract per month. This will affect about 5,400 contract holders and produce additional premium income of about $3.48 million annually. For those eligible for HIPAA and HCTC the filing requests an average increase of about 9.9% or $81.71 per contract per month. This will affect an estimated 700 contract holders and produce additional premium income of about $720,000 annually. The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2012.
This filing also requests the following benefit changes: removal of private duty nursing; extended infusion therapy to be eligible with certain providers; and clarify contract language to exclude surrogate maternity.
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.''
Copies of the filing are also available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal working hours at the Department's Harrisburg Office.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Cherri Sanders-Jones, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation, Room 1311, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, csandersjo@state.pa.us within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
MICHAEL F. CONSEDINE,
Insurance Commissioner[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-1401. Filed for public inspection August 12, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]
